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Hi, my name is Matt and I like in Pittsburgh. I have all sorts of hobbies. Winemaking, jewlery work, metalforming, raising a 5-year-old boy, staying married and so on. :)

I have yet to turn a pen, but I'm very interested. This looks like a great and enormously helpful forum.

I just received a kit from Craft Supplies USA, and should be turning my first pen soon!

--Matt
 
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Thanks, Rick.

I do indeed hang out on the porch. I'm getting pretty good at it, too, if I do say so myself. I think you'll find me at my best lounging on the couch.
 
Welcome Matt

I think that you will definately enjoy turning pens and you are right..this forum has HUGE amounts of information and help.
 
broitblat said:
If you enjoy wine making, you may want to turn some bottle stoppers, too :-)
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We finish the bottle! :smile:

Actually, I'll be turning my pens on a MicroMark 14" metal lathe, at least initially. I don't have a lot of experience with it; for example, I haven't cut any threads yet, but I could turn metal to make all sorts of stuff. Or at least the lathe can; I'm not if I can...

By the way, I did a search on RPM, which was too few characters. I then did "lathe speed" and found out that you guys are turning a LOT faster than I'm accustomed to.
 
Here's another welcome mat for a very welcome Matt. It really is an enormously helpful forum. With your skills in jewelry making and metal forming & turning you will undoubtably be able to help other people on the forum too. Welcome aboard!!
 
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