Chizeled
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Would ya just look at that? I'm new here and my first post wasn't even an introduction to myself! Would ya just look at that!
I first gained interest in penturning about a month ago when I visited a wood supply store. I was more interested in turning bowls and small round boxes but stumbled upon a pen kit the retailer was selling. When I see new and interesting things I usually dive in and hook myself and that's more or less what I did here.
I recently bought a penturners package off cragislist with the whole she'bang. A used but new looking Jet mini 1014, nice "Chizels" and a bunch of pen kits. Bushings for just about everything you can imagine, pen tubes for many many pens, books, a Delta bandsaw (w/new blade in package), a slew of exotic woods already sized to cut for pens, sandpaper from 150 to 12,000, a couple live centers and several more odds and ends.
I've turned only one pen (wallst II) and it looks very nice but I did notice the wood I used (zebrawood) cracked after everything went together. It was not green. I noticed the crack after keeping it in my pocket after a day. I was dissapointed to say the least. So, is it common to CA finish ALL pens or is what I've been reading telling me something else? I see everyone using the CA for all their pens and am curious to see if this is the "only" way to do this?
I also bought a NovaChuck package from Woodcraft, being the only thing the kit lacked. Upon turning a round box I noticed the end (by the tailstock) had a wobble to it. I didnt' think much of it and I spun it down a ways only to find that it still had a wobble. I inspected everything I could and came up with a bent spindle shaft as the verdict. Nice.
Anyways, aside from that I'm looking forward to getting into this as more than a hobby and it's important to me to get the right stuff the first time. I almost went with the Shop Fox and maybe I should've? I'm sure it's just the previous owner that bent the thing but it's still discouraging...
I'll get it all figured out pretty soon.
More questions coming soon!
Dana:biggrin:
I first gained interest in penturning about a month ago when I visited a wood supply store. I was more interested in turning bowls and small round boxes but stumbled upon a pen kit the retailer was selling. When I see new and interesting things I usually dive in and hook myself and that's more or less what I did here.
I recently bought a penturners package off cragislist with the whole she'bang. A used but new looking Jet mini 1014, nice "Chizels" and a bunch of pen kits. Bushings for just about everything you can imagine, pen tubes for many many pens, books, a Delta bandsaw (w/new blade in package), a slew of exotic woods already sized to cut for pens, sandpaper from 150 to 12,000, a couple live centers and several more odds and ends.
I've turned only one pen (wallst II) and it looks very nice but I did notice the wood I used (zebrawood) cracked after everything went together. It was not green. I noticed the crack after keeping it in my pocket after a day. I was dissapointed to say the least. So, is it common to CA finish ALL pens or is what I've been reading telling me something else? I see everyone using the CA for all their pens and am curious to see if this is the "only" way to do this?
I also bought a NovaChuck package from Woodcraft, being the only thing the kit lacked. Upon turning a round box I noticed the end (by the tailstock) had a wobble to it. I didnt' think much of it and I spun it down a ways only to find that it still had a wobble. I inspected everything I could and came up with a bent spindle shaft as the verdict. Nice.
Anyways, aside from that I'm looking forward to getting into this as more than a hobby and it's important to me to get the right stuff the first time. I almost went with the Shop Fox and maybe I should've? I'm sure it's just the previous owner that bent the thing but it's still discouraging...
I'll get it all figured out pretty soon.
More questions coming soon!
Dana:biggrin:
