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| 1557 days ago |
***SCAMMER ON Lumberjocks!!!** - 23 replies Just wanted to make everyone aware of this, I just received a PM from joymm – looks like she’s a scammer so be on the lookout. I’m going to PM Martin as well. spam email removed |
| 1700 days ago |
What is the "Pen Turners' Swap" and how does it work??? - 11 replies Hi Everyone, For a blog overview on what the swap is all about click here. I’ve had a few people that are interested in participating but wanted to know exactly how it works, I’ll do my best to explain in this post how we do it – and welcome others that have participated to add to it. THE BASICS This trade starts wit... |
| 1700 days ago |
Help! Need Gas!!! - 15 replies Boy o’ boy… we’re in trouble here in Atlanta. It’s very hard to find a station here that has any gas and when you do people line up around the block to get it and the tanks run dry quickly. Not sure what’s causing the shortage, newsman says the trucks are running steadily and filling up the tanks – but it&... |
| 1717 days ago |
What's on your burger? - 32 replies OK folks, this one is non-woodworking and just for fun… ;-) I know we are geographically diverse bunch and I also know that regions vary greatly on how they top a hamburger. We all know how Jimmy Buffet likes his, but… what do you put on your hamburger??? Me??? If I’m going all out I’ll take American Cheese, baco... |
| 1725 days ago |
OT Vent - 1800Flowers.com - 5 replies Totally off topic here but wanted to vent/share this with LJ as I know others may need a flower service in the future. In the past year I’ve attempted to send flowers for family members funeral services TWICE and they weren’t delivered on time. Most recently, I had ordered some flowers for a service and got a call the day after t... |
| 1725 days ago |
Pen Turners' Club in Atlanta - 4 replies Hey LJ’s! I’m considering starting a pen turners’ club in Atlanta. Very, very rough idea but, conceptually, we could meet maybe once a month and learn a new technique, have a Q&A with other penturners, chat, show off our pens, trade and sell, etc. We could go structured with an actual presentation or casual and just ... |
| 1733 days ago |
Mini Photo Lab - 6 replies Saw this today in an email from Micro Mark on their “Coming Soon” items. I found a few of them on the net and I think you can purchase a couple right here through the LJ Amazon store. Looks like this would be great for smaller projects like my turned pens. I know I could use some help in taking better pictures. I found a fe... |
| 1740 days ago |
Problems with miter saw cutting at an angle. - 6 replies Hi LJ’s, I’ve got a Firestorm 10” miter saw an I’m having issues with it cutting straight. For example, I needed to cut a piece on a 45 yesterday and when I made the cut it ran at an angl across the piece. Here’s an artist’s rendeering of what I’m experiencing… I can’t fnd the m... |
| 1746 days ago |
Calculating lumber requirements? - 4 replies Hi All, I’m getting ready to start a project, my first “serious” project. The plan is called an “Heirloom Display Box” and it’s for displaying pens and storing ink, paper, etc. I purchased a plan and have a nice cut list to work from – is there an easy way I can calculate the lumber needed? Perha... |
| 1752 days ago |
Wipe-on poly as a pen finish? - 4 replies Hi there fellow Jocks, Has anyone used wipe-on as a finish for turned pens? I’m familiar with the idiosyncrasies of finishes and such but thought it might produce a more durable finish with a nice high-gloss shine as opposed to my CA-BLO or Shellawax finishes. Thoughts? |
| 1827 days ago |
The Pen Trade - Part 2 - 20 replies Hi Jocks, Our pen turner’s swap recently completed the round of North America. We had a lot of fun with it and I’m getting ready to start Round 2. We had a few takers but I think the topic got curied quickly so I wanted to post a quick note again. If you are interested check out our blog of Round 1 – and let us know if... |
| 1833 days ago |
Question on using pressure treated lumber - 14 replies I’m helping a friend build an aquarium stand and the plans he has call for 4×4 posts with 2×4 cross supports to build the internal framework of the cabinet. He purchased some supplies at HD and the only 4×4’s they had were pressure treated – the deck building type. I don’t know the characteristics of ... |
| 1853 days ago |
Beginning bowl turning question? - 10 replies Hi All, I’ve been turning pens for a while and want to try my hand at turning a bowl. I’ve got a couple sets of pen turning chisels with gouges, skews and parting tools. What other tools do I need, at minimum, to step up to bowl turning? Thanks! |
| 1893 days ago |
Pen Turners' Swap #2 - Anyone interested? - 18 replies Hi Jocks, Some of you might have seen a pen turners’ swap we’ve got going on – if not you can see the blog series here. This will give you a lot more detail as to what we’re doing. We’re considering a ‘Round 2’ and wanted to see if ther are any others who’d like to join us. If so post a r... |
| 1895 days ago |
Pen Turners' Swap - Round 2 - Anyone care to join us? - 2 replies We’ve had a pen turners’ swap going for a few weeks and it’s been growing and growing. We’re already looking at a Round 2 and wanted to open it up to some new people in the swap. If you’re interested just drop me a PM with your name and location or post in any of the entries on the first swap. If you’d ... |
| 1903 days ago |
Pen Kit Comparisons - 25 replies Does anyone have any feedback as to one company offering a generally higher quality pen kit than another? I’ve purchase from half a dozen places or so and hadn’t thought much of it but noticed recently on a kit I purchased that the gold didn’t seem as high quality, I looked through all my kits again and found a few that I wa... |
| 1915 days ago |
Big thanks to all Lumberjocks! - 6 replies I just wanted to post a general thanks to everyone here for being such a great group. Anytime I’ve had a question or comment I’ve received quick and accurate answers from the group. Because everyone has their own “best methods” I’ve been able to soak up several solutions and personalize them for me. We’... |
| 1919 days ago |
Pen Kits for Calligraphy- Anyone know where to find these? - 6 replies Does anyone know where I might find pen kits with calligraphy nibs? I did a few searches at the sites I normally shop but couldn’t find any. |
| 1919 days ago |
Creating a shared blog? - 6 replies Not sure the best place to ask this. I want to create a blog for a group of LJ’ers to be able to post to, is that possible? If not what is the best way to do a shared blog? I’d start the blog then one person would make the next entry, another person the next, and so on. Thanks! |
| 1923 days ago |
Pen Trade - Anyone Interested - 22 replies Hi All, Thought I’d see if we had any interest on getting a pen trade going. I’ve used this concept for other things and thought this might be neat. I’ll spearhead getting it started if we get a few takers. The simple rules are that someone (I’ll be glad to) starts a box moving with a certain number of pens (say 5... |
