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
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.
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
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
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...
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.