oxx44
Member
Hello everyone here at IAP.
I'm from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
A couple of years ago I stumbled upon this Pen Turning hobby, but was not in a situation to start a new endevor. All I could think about was how much fun I had using a lathe in Jr. High School. Only made a lamp and a bat. (at least I knew what they were, lol) But never the less I could remember the fun and satisfaction of wood turning. I just recently started to save up some coin for a lathe, when the father and law said he had a full size lathe I could have. He needed the room in the shop and he hadn't used it in over 4 years. hummmm.......OKAY!
Here are a couple of pics of the lathe and my 1st six pens I made.
Lathe - This is an old Rockwell Beaver made in 1963. Parts are so hard to find for them cause when Delta bought Rockwell they killed the Beaver imediatly. Plus on the lathe was a Vega Duplicator. Have not had a chance to use it yet but I think that might be because I'm a bit scared of it.
Pens - left to right - all slimline pens wanted to start with something cheap to learn on.
1- Maple - This pen was a major learning experience. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. (all user error of course). Just look at the tooling marks, lol. Top half is much smaller cause I had to retool it due to a CA glue error.
2- Zebra wood - This is my work-pen wish I knew how to do a correct finish.
3- White Oak - Ok I am starting to get some confidence at the lathe and is starting to show.
4- 1st acrylic. lots of scratches under finish, and was trying to make a more feminine shape but ended up with something really weird.
5- Ebony and Acrylic joined. Did not want to attempt this so soon but due to my haste I blew up a blank with my drill. (bought a drill press the next day). Turned out ok finish is nice but have some white specs near the tip and have no idea where they came from. They are under the finish.
6- Made this for the wife. I must say I am proud of this one. But most importantly the Wife loves it.
Any comments or criticism is welcome. (I can handle it)
I'm from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
A couple of years ago I stumbled upon this Pen Turning hobby, but was not in a situation to start a new endevor. All I could think about was how much fun I had using a lathe in Jr. High School. Only made a lamp and a bat. (at least I knew what they were, lol) But never the less I could remember the fun and satisfaction of wood turning. I just recently started to save up some coin for a lathe, when the father and law said he had a full size lathe I could have. He needed the room in the shop and he hadn't used it in over 4 years. hummmm.......OKAY!
Here are a couple of pics of the lathe and my 1st six pens I made.
Lathe - This is an old Rockwell Beaver made in 1963. Parts are so hard to find for them cause when Delta bought Rockwell they killed the Beaver imediatly. Plus on the lathe was a Vega Duplicator. Have not had a chance to use it yet but I think that might be because I'm a bit scared of it.
Pens - left to right - all slimline pens wanted to start with something cheap to learn on.
1- Maple - This pen was a major learning experience. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. (all user error of course). Just look at the tooling marks, lol. Top half is much smaller cause I had to retool it due to a CA glue error.
2- Zebra wood - This is my work-pen wish I knew how to do a correct finish.
3- White Oak - Ok I am starting to get some confidence at the lathe and is starting to show.
4- 1st acrylic. lots of scratches under finish, and was trying to make a more feminine shape but ended up with something really weird.
5- Ebony and Acrylic joined. Did not want to attempt this so soon but due to my haste I blew up a blank with my drill. (bought a drill press the next day). Turned out ok finish is nice but have some white specs near the tip and have no idea where they came from. They are under the finish.
6- Made this for the wife. I must say I am proud of this one. But most importantly the Wife loves it.
Any comments or criticism is welcome. (I can handle it)
