Stinky's choice

[Drstrangefart]

My oldest one picked out the parts, kit, all that stuff. She helped with the roughing gouge on the lathe (I WAS guiding hands-on) until the nib end exploded and 2 slabs went flying. I managed to get it repaired before she freaked out, and finished it off, as I was REALLY sure it was super-fragile. She took care of most of the micromesh after the first 3 grits smoothed out the barrels. I had to assemble as the drill press I use for a pen press is quite far off the floor, and REALLY likes breaking pen barrels. The blank is from the box of cut-offs and stuff from Brooks.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Real colorful.... Is this the same daughter as the 8 year old genius in your other post?

 

[Drstrangefart]

Real colorful.... Is this the same daughter as the 8 year old genius in your other post?

Yup. After the first pen came together, she HAD to do another one.:biggrin:

 

[boxerman]

Very nice pen very colorful.

 

[simomatra]

She is hooked now and what a lovely pen I like all the custom work, well done both of you.

 

[bitshird]

Pretty soon she'll want her own lathe, I think its an attractive pen, and a good start,

 

[rizaydog]

She did a great job.

 

[navycop]

Great story, but the pictures didn't load for me.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Great story, but the pictures didn't load for me.

Odd. They're up there. I wonder what needs to be done.

 

[Dudley Young]

Super nice. As far a the photos, back out a little and zoom in and you will get rid of the shadow.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Super nice. As far a the photos, back out a little and zoom in and you will get rid of the shadow.

I'll try it out. The camera auto-focuses and manually focusing has so far eluded me.

 

[renowb]

Nice colorful pen! Nice job!

 

[Bobalu]

Another great looking pen, Allen. Now that you have another family member hooked, you'll have to lay down some rules about lathe time and such, or you'll be fighting over who's turning when. Just kidding. It's good to get them started at an early age. My oldest grandchild would be about the same age, but she only likes to dig through the blanks to find the "pretty" ones and expects me to turn her a finished pen. I didn't exactly provide you all my cut-offs. I held back on the more feminine colors, but I now know someone that might like them.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Another great looking pen, Allen. Now that you have another family member hooked, you'll have to lay down some rules about lathe time and such, or you'll be fighting over who's turning when. Just kidding. It's good to get them started at an early age. My oldest grandchild would be about the same age, but she only likes to dig through the blanks to find the "pretty" ones and expects me to turn her a finished pen. I didn't exactly provide you all my cut-offs. I held back on the more feminine colors, but I now know someone that might like them.

No worries. I got enough to keep me busy for a good while.