First Pens turned
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:39 pm
I see everybody else post their first pens so I just had to do it. Finally had a good warm weekend here in Austin. Upper 60's. Perfect weather to bring out my equipment and make some sawdust. Had received all the necessary parts and pieces to turn pens on Christmas but this was the first weekend where the weather cooperated. The picture shows the pens in the order that I turned them. Minus the one where I tore a chunk out of it while I was turning it so I didn't finish it. Noticed I had some concentric problems on the second pen and started to do some testing on another pen, probably what caused the chunk of wood to tear out. I was trying to turn it to quick. But I think that I found the problem. The eccentric bushing in the tail stock was not quite centered. It wasn't off a lot but because these are slim line pens it did not have to be off much before you would notice it. Last pen that I turned seem to be completely centered. And as stated before in past threads turning pens can be addictive.
After doing 50 pen and letter opener sets for Christmas presents this year I'm now on to bigger things, bowls. I'm sure you will enjoy doing pens and receive lots of satisfaction giving them out as gifts.