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PastorAdam

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Newbie here. I got a lathe for Christmas and look forward to getting my things I need to turn pens. I'm from SW Oklahoma and can't wait for turning therapy and to eventually make pens to sell with my wife's craft business and tumblers.
 
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Welcome from Texas Adam. Funny you use the term therapy. I use the broader term addiction. There's a few others but they come and go. The bottom line is it's all worth it. Unless you ask my wife.
 
Hi from Montana Adam. My Grandparents lived in Cherokee, where I spent some summers. Loved it! Welcome to the site, don't be afraid to ask questions.
 
Welcome Adam. It is good therapy but it can also get expensive!

I love woodworking, and I lived overseas for 26 years in large cities with little space for woodworking. I carried a pen lathe back with me on one of my trips and got to enjoy the smell of wood on a regular basis then. And it was nice to make pens.

Lots of good information here. Just ask.

Here is an old thread that people chimed in - concerning what they wish they had known earlier about this pen making hobby. Quite helpful:

If I had known this earlier . .

I am on a fact finding mission. Can you help? What do you wish you had known earlier in pen turning? or in different words: Knowing what you know now - IF you could go back and start over in pen turning - what would you skip, change or do differently? answers for instance: - I wish...
www.penturners.org
 
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