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turbine712

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Hi all. My name Bill Wilcox and I hale from the western part of Wisconsin on the beautiful St. Croix River. I have just acquired a Grizzly mini lathe and would love to take up pen turning and other projects. I also am involve in straight razors restoration and scale making. I am hoping to work with the lathe to make some shaving brushes. I really think this new found hobby will grab me pretty good.
 
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leehljp

leehljp

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Welcome Bill, Join in the maddness of a fun hobby/work. Enjoy it! If you have questions, suggestions, observations or hints, post them - there is a great community here!

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. While confusing to new turners, it sure helps abbreviate a lot of repetitive typing.

http://content.penturners.org/articles/2009/Acronyms.pdf
Above Link Corrected!
 
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CSue

CSue

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Welcome to the group, Bill.
This will grab your pocket book as well as it "grabs you." Are you ready?
 
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