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ToddMR

ToddMR

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My name is Todd and I live in Columbus, OH. A friend of mine got me very interested in the pen turning. I was lucky to get my grandfather's 1930's Montgomery Ward lathe that has been sitting in the garage the last few years, that he had as a boy. I also now have a bench top drill press etc. I was lucky to get a bunch of lathe tools as well. My dad then cut me up mahogany, birch, red oak, and some poplar. The poplar is my practice wood pretty much. I have now turned about 9 pens in total. My wife is also into the whole wood turning thing, but her focus lately has been on mini bats for some reason. Thanks for the great reception to my question on sanding. My avatar is a finial I made for my pull chain on the ceiling fan pressing together cocobolo, zebra, and tulip wood.
 
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Mark

Mark

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Pottstown PA
Welcome to the IAP. Hope you are enjoy the site.

It's cool when the significant other enjoys the hobby too.
 
CSue

CSue

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Welcome Todd!

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/articl...9/Acronyms.pdf
 
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