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bettyt44720 wrote:to jim parks, i had a similar experience over christmas as i visited my son near chicago. i had given him a shopsith earlier in the year so i took along enough stuff to make a few pens and got him and my 16yr old grandson started on making pens. my grandson has made four already and my son one. it was so exciting to see the grandson interested in something other than video games. he is hooked and i think it is great, bob

Nice looking pens but I must make one negative comment - "Alway wear safety glasses or use a face shield when turning". I'd hate to see anyone lose an eye due to a lack of facial protection...

not at all negative, i agree with with you don about wearing safety glasses. i took along a full face sheild but was unable to get either to use it. i wish i had a copy of the movie that my high school shop teacher made us watch well over 40yrs ago. it was about a guy that got an object in his eye and the showed the surgery that followed. it really makes you think about what could happen. hopefully whe he reads this forum he will see that someone noticed immediately that he was not doing the most important step of using any power tool. ie: safety glasses. thanks, bob

ps: grandma also told she was not happy with his lack of safety.

Great pens. My Granddaughter received simple straight forward safety lessons before we began. When it was her Mothers turn she received the safety lecture almost verbatum from my Granddaughter. I loved every minute of it. My daughter smiled and said privately to me she remembered the first time she received thatlecture from dear ole Dad when she was a child. Jim

Those pens are amazing!
Great work by everyone.

hey all. the pens are great !! i was given everything needed to turn probably 15 pens plus 50 extra blanks. i turned one pen and that was cool, but pens are not what i want to make. ill be using the rest of the blanks for other things. one being beads for my daughter to make into necklaces. pens just dont do it for me.

Here is a sample of the pens I turn. The wooden ones are far outnumbered by acrylics and celluloids.[img][IMG]http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k65/e ... 0006-7.jpg[/img][/IMG] Displayed upon a 32 year old Martin D 28-12, complete with a battle scar.