Corky
Member
Hello from Corky at the “Pine Island Pen Worksâ€, a fancy name for a newborn business(actually, the name business is probably a misnomer at this stage). For the geographically challenged, Pine Island is about 45 miles west of Houston a little south of Highway 290 on the way to Austin,
I may not be the oldest newby at IAP, but I’ll bet that I'm pretty close. I made my first pen last December and will be 80 at the end of March.
I wanted to say thanks to the members of the group who post tutorials in the library and tips and explanations on the forums. I have learned a lot from just browsing through the site for the last couple of months.
Don’t laugh, but I could not justify (afford) buying a fancy lathe just to try making pens so I built the “Po’ Folks†lathe from an old electric motor, some 2 X 4 and odd pieces of hardware. It is really bare bones and although it is limited, I have learned a lot using it and it proves you can do a lot of things if you want it bad enough. A picture and a drawing of my lathe is on my web site.
Corky
I may not be the oldest newby at IAP, but I’ll bet that I'm pretty close. I made my first pen last December and will be 80 at the end of March.
I wanted to say thanks to the members of the group who post tutorials in the library and tips and explanations on the forums. I have learned a lot from just browsing through the site for the last couple of months.
Don’t laugh, but I could not justify (afford) buying a fancy lathe just to try making pens so I built the “Po’ Folks†lathe from an old electric motor, some 2 X 4 and odd pieces of hardware. It is really bare bones and although it is limited, I have learned a lot using it and it proves you can do a lot of things if you want it bad enough. A picture and a drawing of my lathe is on my web site.
Corky
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