dmorrow
Member
Hello to all
I had decided to start turning pens, but after reading the "If I had known this earlier..." thread I have changed my mind, so, see ya later....:biggrin:
Almost 43, married guy, living in Milford, KS. 3 Kids, 3 dogs and a desire to make some pens.
Probably 9 years or so ago my wife and I were at a craft show and I came across a gentleman who was a pen turner and was at the show selling his pens, being a pen nut in general I was interested and ended up purchasing one of his pens. I don't remember what I paid for it, I'm sure it wasn't much. He explained the pen turning process and we talked for awhile. I left thinking I would love to learn how to turn pens some day. I still have that pen, it sits on my desk in the clear top box he gave me with the pen. Every once in awhile Ill take it out of the box, give it a few twists, doodle a little bit on a pad of paper then put it back in its box. I believe its just a Slimline or some similar model but its so much more to me. I wish I would have written down the turners name.
I am in the shopping/research stage now and IAP seems to be the place to
get the info I need to make wise purchases. I hope to one day turn a pen that someone would care enough about to keep for 10 yrs.
This is a great forum and I look forward to learning from you all.
Danny
I had decided to start turning pens, but after reading the "If I had known this earlier..." thread I have changed my mind, so, see ya later....:biggrin:
Almost 43, married guy, living in Milford, KS. 3 Kids, 3 dogs and a desire to make some pens.
Probably 9 years or so ago my wife and I were at a craft show and I came across a gentleman who was a pen turner and was at the show selling his pens, being a pen nut in general I was interested and ended up purchasing one of his pens. I don't remember what I paid for it, I'm sure it wasn't much. He explained the pen turning process and we talked for awhile. I left thinking I would love to learn how to turn pens some day. I still have that pen, it sits on my desk in the clear top box he gave me with the pen. Every once in awhile Ill take it out of the box, give it a few twists, doodle a little bit on a pad of paper then put it back in its box. I believe its just a Slimline or some similar model but its so much more to me. I wish I would have written down the turners name.
I am in the shopping/research stage now and IAP seems to be the place to
get the info I need to make wise purchases. I hope to one day turn a pen that someone would care enough about to keep for 10 yrs.
This is a great forum and I look forward to learning from you all.
Danny
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