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First, I’d like to thank LJr EricRFP for his generosity in sending me a lot of blanks to practice with and a few burl blanks. His burl blanks are beautiful by the way. I will be buying more from him.
I’m brand new to the world of turning and love it. These are my first pens. They were drilled with my drilling jig: http://lumberjocks.com/Eric_S/blog/19732 and this thing has been so easy to use and align for various sized blanks.
The first pic is of my very first pen(or anything turned). Besides it not lining up with the bearings, I thought it came out ok minus the finish. The finish wasn’t anything special, 3 coats BLO and thin CA and 1 coat renaissance wax on walnut.
The next 3 pens though are much much better. All 3 are cherry, have 7 coats BLO and thick CA, followed by 2 coats of plastic polish, and 2 coats renaissance wax.
My next 2 pens I’m working on is using Redwood Burl from EricRFP with the Broadwell Nouveau Sceptre Fountain pen and Rollerball pen for my dad’s 65th birthday coming up. http://www.pennstateind.com/store/broadwell-nouveau-sceptre-pen-kits.html
Thanks for looking.
-- - Eric Indianapolis, IN
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NBeener
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#1 posted 893 days ago
WOO-HOOOOOO !!!
1) Clearly, your lathe sits on a rock-solid platform,
2) You had the female form on your mind, now didn’t you ? ;-)
Great job. Be careful: I understand pen turning is a hard habit to break !
-- -- Neil
Monty Queen
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#2 posted 893 days ago
Awesome job, they get addicting. Great work.
-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.
Eric_S
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#3 posted 893 days ago
Haha, I think I’m hooked already. I’ve been thinking about turning every day for the past week since I started. I have a lot of pens to do for holiday gifts, and I still plan on finishing the night stands soon and more furniture projects, but lathe work is so much fun and immediately rewarding. I’ll have to find ways to incorporate turnings into them lol.
1. The table I built for it is definitely rock solid. I haven’t heard a single vibration from it or dancing across the floor. However, I think it is too low, my neck is hurting a bit after working on it for a while. Luckilly, I have 3 pieces of scrap from the top I’ll be putting under the lathe to raise it up 2 inches. This will also help me clear out all the chips from the bed since they’ll drop below instead of just gathering in it.
2. Neil, I always have the female form on my mind lol. Ask my wife ;) But yes, these actually are going to be for the ladies in her family and thought curves would do well.
-- - Eric Indianapolis, IN
MsDebbieP
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#4 posted 892 days ago
and so it begins …
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Eric_S
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#5 posted 892 days ago
“Is there anyone who is here for their first PTA (pen turners anonymous) meeting? Please introduce yourself by your first name only. We want to welcome you now.”
Hello everyone, my name is Eric.
“Hi Eric”
I have been turning pens for 1 week.
“Thank you for sharing”
-- - Eric Indianapolis, IN
MichaelA
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#6 posted 892 days ago
Nice pens Eric have fun turning!!
-- The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. "Helen Keller"
Bob
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#7 posted 882 days ago
very nice
-- Bob, So. Cal
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