New to IAP from California

[Rfturner]

Hey my name is Ryan Flowers From Santa Maria California. I have looked at this sight many times before and gotten ideas. I have been making pens now as a business, Charity Pens for 1 year and known how to make them for about 3 years

 

[gketell]

Welcome to IAP from Northern CA.

Be sure to check out our SoCal chapter forum so you can get together with fellow pen craftsman down there.

GK

 

[Longfellow]

Welcome

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

 

[Karin Voorhis]

Welcome the next addiction after your lathe time!!! welcome to the family!

 

[nava1uni]

Welcome from San Francisco. Check out your local chapter, you can learn lots and meet very nice people, who just happen to be woodturners and pen makers.

 

[Ligget]

Welcome from bonnie Scotland!

 

[rjwolfe3]

Welcome from Ohio!

 

[rherrell]

Welcome!

 

[MrPukaShell]

welcome from Simi Valley

 

[leehljp]

Welcome Ryan. Glad to have you here! Post some picts of your work! Join in the fun of this great community!


I know you have been turning for a while and know most of the following but I do want to include the following links as a welcome. There may be a few things there that are helpful. 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

 

[johncrane]

Welcome Ryan!

 

[Rosewood]

Welcome, From Just up North-East of you, Carrisa Planes. You have two other turners that live close to you and log on here nearly every day Both live in Atascardo. Again Welcome

 

[Jim15]

Welcome Ryan.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Hi Ryan, Welcome aboard... I had to look up Santa Maria... wasn't sure where it was... I spent a few years in CA from 1965 until 1980... about 18 months in LA, then rest in Bay Area...

 

[shepardscross]

Welcome from San Diego.

 

[PenTurnerfromMaine]

Welcome from Maine

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Welcome!

Robin

 

[CSue]

Welcome Ryan! You seem to be kind of "in the middle" of the state. Our So Cal Chapter seems to cover many from Ventura, L.A., San Bernardino, Orange, San Diego and Riverside Counties. You are most welcome if you find your way down here. Dale has our dates set for the monthly meetings this year in the So Cal in Local Chapters Forum.

 

[djwood1]

Welcome from Indiana!