Turnin_Thingz710
Member
hows it going everyone.. im 100% new to pen making and lathe tuning in general.. ive used a glass lathe before when i used to blow glass but no serious time behind the glass lathe.. i sold my whole glass shop when my first daughter was born.. i miss the glass but i think this will be fun.. i really want to make my own acrylic blanks, i used to make my own glass color lined tubing and solid as well.. so i think i can have a lot of fun pouring my own blanks.. talked to a few people on FB and i ended up ordering the Turncrafter commander 12" lathe so i cant wait for that to get here.. Also my glass shop was in the garage before.. and summers sucked having to be in there and finish orders when its 120 outside and hotter in the garage... SO.. i got the wife to let me set up shop in the spare bedroom lol stoked for AC in the summer.. gonna set the shop up super clean.. proper dust collection and all that.. i want to get a 3 or 4 fingered chuck for the lathe.. ill be doing handles more then pens, but i figured its all the same.. only thing i need for the final ok from the wife is to clean out the spare bedroom.. that was the catch lol.. so im starting that so i can build a bench or buy one... not sure.. either way i hope to learn as much as i can on here.. i taught myself glass blowing by youtube vids and talking to people so i think i should really like this.. looks like theres a lot of info already all over this forum.. glad to be a part of it!