Hello from Providence, RI

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Jim Morgan

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Rhode island
I have to confess that I am here under somewhat false pretenses. Years ago, I turned a bunch of pens, but these days I am mostly into segmented turning. I would like to incorporate acrylics into some of my pieces, like this bubinga-bloodwood-acrylic bowl.

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I am looking for a source for long acrylic pen blanks - cutting segments from typical 6" blanks leaves a lot of waste. One possibility is beartoothwoods.com - a fellow segmenter says they sell blanks up to 1 meter long by special order. Are there other sources that you know of?

Of course, I am also interested in learning about tips, tricks and tools that I can apply to my craft - no shortage of those here!

-- Jim
 
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egnald

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Greetings from Nebraska and welcome to the forums. In addition to pen turning we do have threads dedicated to other small turnings and to other things we make. I haven't made the leap to bowls or anything not pen-like yet.

Before retiring I used to make it to your neck of the woods four or more times a year to visit one of my engineering teams at Vishay in Warwick. I was always amused that I landed in Providence but as soon as I drove across the street from the parking garage I was in Warwick. We have plenty of steaks here but I sure do miss all of the fresh seafood -- especially the Rhode Island Style Calamari. - Dave
 
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sorcerertd

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Welcome from NC! Beautiful bowl! I hear tell that if you hang around a barber shop long enough, you will eventually get a haircut. Be careful or you might be turning pens again soon. ;)
 
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