deeceedub
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This is my first SOYP....I'm sad I missed out on the gift certificate drawing, but I never win anything anyway so it's no big loss
I bought this blank a little while back not realizing I'd be in way over my head with regard to my newbie skill-set. It was more expensive than what I've been working with, and I was scared I would ruin it. It was just sitting safely in the tool chest, but I really wanted to make this pen so I decided to just dive in, and sink or swim.
So I had several hurdles to clear in the process of making this pen. I have never had any real instruction other than books and YouTube videos, so I am just winging it and learning as I go. New skills I got to work on while making this pen include turning man-made materials, painting blank/tube, drilling on my lathe, turning between centers (instructions that came with the blank said it had to be turned round TBC before drilling).
I lost the other half of the blank when I dropped it on the concrete shop floor. I was pretty pleased with the final product, even though I know it's not perfect. Hopefully I will look back a year from now and be embarrassed by my workmanship. And the photography stinks, but I figured I could work on perfecting that AFTER I figured out how to turn pens worth taking pictures of.
I bought this blank a little while back not realizing I'd be in way over my head with regard to my newbie skill-set. It was more expensive than what I've been working with, and I was scared I would ruin it. It was just sitting safely in the tool chest, but I really wanted to make this pen so I decided to just dive in, and sink or swim.
So I had several hurdles to clear in the process of making this pen. I have never had any real instruction other than books and YouTube videos, so I am just winging it and learning as I go. New skills I got to work on while making this pen include turning man-made materials, painting blank/tube, drilling on my lathe, turning between centers (instructions that came with the blank said it had to be turned round TBC before drilling).
I lost the other half of the blank when I dropped it on the concrete shop floor. I was pretty pleased with the final product, even though I know it's not perfect. Hopefully I will look back a year from now and be embarrassed by my workmanship. And the photography stinks, but I figured I could work on perfecting that AFTER I figured out how to turn pens worth taking pictures of.