Hello from Charlotte, NC

[tdotrob]

Howdy! When I started turning in 2020 I tried a bit of everything, but lately it's been mostly pens. A *lot* of pens. So many in fact that friends and family are now declining new gifts and the pens are starting to pile up. So yesterday I took time off from pens and turned a pen pot to put them in. The pen pot blank was cast from lots of pen blank offcuts that I couldn't bring myself to toss out.

My favorite pen recently is this PSI Dragon pen with a PolyAg "Fossil" barrel. The offcut from this pen made it into the pen pot and can be seen in the bottom center-left. The PolyAg blanks are quite fun to turn, by the way. They cut well and I haven't had any chips or chunks fly off like some of the other aggregate blanks I have tried.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is making and posting these days.

-- T.Rob

 

[Alan Morrison]

Welcome to the forum, Rob.

 

[RichAldrich]

Welcome from Colorado!

 

[Jim15]

Welcome.

 

[Woodchipper]

Welcome to the forum. Used to live in Rowan County. Miss the fresh NC seafood!

 

[Edgar]

Welcome from Texas, Rob.

 

[walshjp17]

Welcome aboard from Weddington, NC. Check out https://www.waxhawwoodturners.com/ for info on the local woodturning club and the Carolina Piedmont Penturners Group.

 

[tomtedesco]

Welcome.

 

[derekdd]

Welcome aboard, Rob.

Some fine work there.

 

[tdotrob]

Thanks for the welcome, everyone!

Check out https://www.waxhawwoodturners.com/ for info on the local woodturning club and the Carolina Piedmont Penturners Group.

Thanks John, I'll check it out.

 

[egnald]

The container is a cool idea and very creative use of your materials. The pen is simply outstanding. The blank colors and patterns go so incredibly well with the plating and design of the kit. I've made a note to myself to pick up one of those blanks the next time I get to WoodCraft. - Dave

 

[tdotrob]

The container is a cool idea and very creative use of your materials. The pen is simply outstanding. The blank colors and patterns go so incredibly well with the plating and design of the kit. I've made a note to myself to pick up one of those blanks the next time I get to WoodCraft. - Dave

Thanks, Dave! This was one of those rare pens that came out better than I'd imagined it. Frequently, I imagine diamonds and crank out coal.

The PolyAg blanks are a bit expensive but on the right pen it is worth it. Here's one on a Nouveau Scepter, for example. I believe this is their "Coral" pattern. Zero finish on this one, by the way. Just MicroMesh and High-Gloss polish brought it to a nice sheen.

 

[sorcerertd]

Welcome from Winston Salem!

So many in fact that friends and family are now declining new gifts and the pens are starting to pile up.

I had to laugh at this. There's always donations for charity auctions, though.

Those polyag blanks are pretty nice. I hadn't seen them before. Also, I love the color variation patched look of that pencil cup. There's no such thing as scraps!

 

[tdotrob]

Welcome from Winston Salem!


I had to laugh at this. There's always donations for charity auctions, though.

Those polyag blanks are pretty nice. I hadn't seen them before. Also, I love the color variation patched look of that pencil cup. There's no such thing as scraps!

Howdy neighbor! Thanks for the charity auction idea. I might do that.
Agreed on scraps. In part because the the stuff that reluctantly gets trashed because it sometimes piles up faster than it can be used wasn't scrapped so much as sacrificed.