My first pens

wow nice darrel you sure made a lot here lately. the pens look really nice.

-- Got Wood?

Very nice! I’ll be taking a woodcraft pen turning class tomorrow night. Hope my pens turn out just as well! How long did it take to make all those?

Nice pens. I just got into turning pens and I am really enjoying it. I just got a lathe and can’t stop turning. Have fun and keep up the good work.

-- The ability to learn is innate, not the desire.

Nicel looking pens. They sure are addictive aren’t they!

cool pens

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I turned all but the miniclick pens over a two week period working between 2 and 4 hours at a time. Yes, they are addicting. I turned the miniclicks in one afternoon. They’re pretty simple. I’m still learing things though and that’s part of the enjoyment.

-- Darell, Norman, Ok.

Great group of pens. You are progressing very nicely with these pens. All are fine looking.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

nice groop of pens will have to show my daughter when she gets back from school. she turns a lot of pens
she has been making the with out the brass center or replacing it with a contrasting piece ck out some of her work she posts here under
http://lumberjocks.com/Profist_of_Doom
not trying to take away for your work just giving you a idea

I am buying a Jet mini lathe, specifically to start turning pens as I have gathered that this is a great way to start learning how to turn. Can anyone give me a short list of the absolute necessary tools to turn pens with and where I might be able to find a starter set relatively cheap to begin with? great job on your pens and thanks in advance for any advice.

Darell: The pens look great. A nice job on your first turnings. (That’s not to say that they could be better) They look fantstic.

I remember my first pens. Didn’t want to stop. It was so much fun. Made pen and pencil sets for all of my family.

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

Keith, you can find pen starter kits at www.pennstateind.com, They have starter kits both with and without a lathe and turning tools. Penn State also has a free pen turning DVD that my be helpful. You can also go to youtube and search pen turning videos there. There’s lots of informatiion out there for the looking.

Thanks for the kind words Karson.

Eddy, I saw your daugthters pens a few days ago and have kept some of her work in mind for future pens. I especially liked the ones with different woods for the bottom and top. Those caught my attention right away.

-- Darell, Norman, Ok.

Hey, guys, first question… I havent figured out where best to post yet, so hope you dont mind. maybe link here and I will post there from now on. in any case, I bought some would samples that are 6×3 x 1/2. I just want to know if I can make slim line pens out of these samples or if the 1/2 by 1/2 blanks will be too small. thanks!

yes they will work my daughter gets a lot of my cut offs for pens some are even smaller than that
just leaves less of a margin for errors

thats great, thanks!