Pen Turners' Swap #2 #5: Big Box o' Blanks

let me know if you need another CALI pen turner in the rotation…I have loved following this…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

If you would like a Hawaii stop, my address is POB 377314 ocean view hawaii, 96737…..I would love to share what’s available here….

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Frank, you are a lucky dog. You heard Karson though. Go and make pens and show us the results.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

The Box Is In New York!!
I came home today to find that the trade box is here, I think it arrived Fri. or Sat but I’ve been
away for the last 4 days. I will look it over tonight, from just taking a glance you can tell Karson was a busy man cutting blanks. I will make my picks and add a few things then get this right back on it’s way.
I’ll post more before sending it out tomorrow.
Frank

-- Frank Auge---Nichols NY----"My opinion is neither copyrighted nor trademarked, but it is price competitive."

TedM Sorry for the need to drop out. I talked to the postoffice here about the postage to Canada, and he said it wasn’t much more than normal.

But, he was not sure of the Canadian rates to ship it back to the States. Sorry you had to drop out. Send me your address and phone number by regular e-mail and I send a few blanks to you from my end.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I wonder about the post office some days. I used the prepaid mailer box to send up to CA in round one, and the info on the box indicated that the flat rate box was valid internationally, but the weight was limited…. I checked with the kitchen scale and was well within the limit, yet they charged $10 more than I was expecting. either my scale is WAY off, or regulations changed?

Anyhow, sorry to see anyone step out, this is a fun process….

Now Harold, what do you have for some nice local woods in Hawaii… and what can I trade them with you for?

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I’ll send you a note…I’m sure I could put together a flat rate box

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Just to clarify a bit, the cost of sending it here (?) and back again (est. $50-$60.) is certainly an issue but the shipping time is the real concern.

I recently sent a small package to my daughter who is staying in Maine this summer and it took just under a month for her to receive it from here in Nova Scotia. As well, it takes at least 3 weeks to receive a letter from the US. It is likely that my leg of the journey will take the better part of two months, and this is without taking US/CDN customs into consideration if the package was to get stopped.

I see this as an unnescessary delay to a great program just for this one stop.

Rest assured that I did not make this decision easily, (especially after seeing all the great stuff being added! :)) but to keep the program running as swiftly as it should this is best.

As an aside, instead of a ‘Canada only’ swap, or any other country specific swap for that matter, I would much prefer to see more Canadians involved in this swap that would warrant the border crossing. Anything else would limit the variety of booty included, particullarly blanks.

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

was expecting the box to arrive sooner or later, yet was still surprised when it showed up on Friday. I took a quick look through it and was also surprised to see the variety and how different it is from round one. Only a couple blanks I put in remain, two of the “I think it’s walnut” – I still do – and only one offcut stair spindle – like the one I made my salvaged pencil out of.

This time I’ve got some scraps of veranda composite decking (saved from the job I was working on this weekend – cuts beautifully) and a couple of glued up maple/cherry blanks to add for a little variety….
There is some great stuff to trade that for, if I can only decide what I want to play with most! (and it’s getting to be a puzzle just to fit everything back in the box. We are a generous bunch!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Hey folks… I can provide a stop in Kentucky and provide a pen made from a Kentucky woods even a tobacco stick… Right now I have some beautiful oak but also working on getting some hickory sticks… The address is Derrel Cone 1113 Entrada Drive Frankfort, KY 40601…

-- Derrel Frankfort, KY