New Pen Turner From Indiana

[Flyboytj]

Hi to the group, I'm out of the closet. I've been reading and studying the forums the last few weeks. I'm a snow bird in Panama City Beach Fl. and was introduced to pen and bowl turning at the local senior center. I have my mandrel and several kits and will be turning my first pen tomorrow morning. I have a 7x12 Cummins metal lathe at home in Mishawaka, In. and will be using that once I get home in April. I did see the tool rest available for my lathe from Little Machine Shop, so I'll be ordering one of them. I've really enjoyed the information that I have found here. I think my learning curve will be shorter because of this forum. Thanks to all of you for the questions and answers that I don't have to ask now.

Tom

 

[broitblat]

Welcome, Tom.

I look forward to seeing your results.

-Barry

 

[djwood1]

Welcome from Bloomfield, IN!

 

[Vol1]

Hello from Tennessee!

 

[Jim15]

Welcome Tom.

 

[Oldwagon]

Welcome Tom from southern Indiana. Todd

 

[Canedriver]

Welcome to the forum from Tampa, FL.

Hope you find it as entertaining and informative as I have.

 

[Ligget]

Welcome to the IAP Tom, good luck with your first pen!

 

[Mac]

Welcome from the Natural State. Looks like its too late to back out now.
When you get back home ,if you can't find a local pen club you might want to check out AAW. I am in two AAW clubs and the wealth of knowledge is endless.

 

[leehljp]

Welcome and enjoy the madness here. You probably have read much of the information below but to get started, I will include it anyway.

Below are links to two threads/articles that have lots of information on pen turning. The first one is a very basic overview of the many aspects of getting into turning pens.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446

The second link has postings by different pen turners and what they wish they had known earlier:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46654


Here is another link - a PDF on the acronyms used here. I am sure you know many but this will help with those you don't.

http://content.penturners.org/articles/2009/Acronyms.pdf

 

[Longfellow]

Welcome

Welcome from Sunny St. Cloud, Fla. Home of beautiful Florida woods.

 

[rherrell]

Welcome!

 

[cnirenberg]

I did see the tool rest available for my lathe from Little Machine Shop, so I'll be ordering one of them.

Tom

Tom,
Welcome to the group. let me know your thoughts on the LMS Hand turning rest. I was thinking of getting one myself.

 

[louisbry]

Welcome from Tennessee.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Welcome!

Robin

 

[grub32]

Welcome Tom...This is a great place to learn. Any questions you have, put em out there and someone will help you out.

Grub

 

[jbostian]

Welcome from a fellow Hoosier. I am in the Indy area.

Jamie

 

[rej19]

Welcome, also from Indianapolis. This is the place to learn for sure. You will have a blast.