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07-13-2007, 09:52 PM
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| | Pen Turning Equipment Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61  07-13-2007, 09:52 PM
Other than a lathe, chisels, sharpening equipment and pen kits what are the basic things needed to start turning/making pens?
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07-14-2007, 09:36 PM
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Name: Pete Davio City: Hope Mills State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by splinter I pick up the Good Will lathe from Frank on Saturday and take the Woodcraft Pen Turning 101 class on Sunday and will probably increase Toms' bottom line while I am there. Then the following week be ready to try the lathe out. What???? NO PICS?!?
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07-14-2007, 09:57 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Here's the pic of how I drill my blanks. All you need to do is hold it straight and square!  | |
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07-14-2007, 10:39 PM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by NCPete  [/font]
What???? NO PICS?!? Not yet.  Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd.
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07-15-2007, 08:59 AM
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Name: Wildwood City: Jacksonville State: NC County: Onslow Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Can find a lot of good ideas and information here: http://www.woodturningonline.com
CLICK on: Turning projects
ClLICK on pens. | |
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07-15-2007, 10:28 AM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Wildwood Thanks Wildwood. Very informative site. Nice to know there is a wood turner near by. Maybe I can look over your shoulder one day for some tips.
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07-15-2007, 11:21 AM
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Name: Pete Davio City: Hope Mills State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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sure, I missed that that statement was not made in the past tense.
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Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. – Henry Ford
However your life is, meet it and live it. Henry David Thoreau
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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07-15-2007, 12:05 PM
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Name: Ashley W City: Troy State: NC County: Montgomery Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 45 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I also keep an illustration I printed out off the internet in my shop so I can keep the European Bushings in the right order. It is good for me to have the visual reminder. | |
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07-15-2007, 12:19 PM
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Name: Chad City: Hookerton State: NC County: Greene Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 55 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Down The Dark Side You Go!!
When I started I got a slimline pen set, I made 1 test pen and then went for it! My 12 yr old son wanted to try and he made about 5 test pens be for making his first. I went online and got 10 slimline pen sets. NOTE: DO NOT DO IT!!!! Try out other pen sets first.
I went to http://www.arizonasilhouette.com/ and bought "Basic Pen Turning with Bill Baumbeck". It helped on the turning and sanding. You can goto http://woodturningonline.smartflix.c...ory/28/Turning and rent DVD (May be the way to go!).
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07-15-2007, 03:47 PM
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Name: Eagle City: Camden State: SC County: Kershaw Join Date: Sep 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Micro mesh is a set of 9"grits" of abrasive.
I buy it in 6x12 inch sheets.(around $35.00-40.00 for 9 6x12 sheets, one of each grit)
It lasts forever and can be washed.
The "grits" start at the conventional 400 grit sand paper grits but eventually go off the standard charts.
I use Klingspor gold up to 400 and then start with MM to change the "scratch pattern"
After you go up to #9 MM the next less abrasive material would be a brown paper bag.
I have screwed up more pens with a buffing wheel than I care to recall. No need to buff after MM.
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07-15-2007, 07:12 PM
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Name: Wildwood City: Jacksonville State: NC County: Onslow Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Splinter, might want to contact these folks for help. Don't know anyone there, perhaps they know a pen turner or two in your area.
http: www.wilmingtonareawoodturnersassociation.org | |
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07-15-2007, 10:14 PM
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Name: Guy Belleman City: Troutdale State: VA County: Grayson Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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The only item I have found extremely useful, which was easy to make on the bandsaw, was one of these
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[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Guy/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Guy/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG] | |
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07-18-2007, 10:06 PM
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Name: Dolan Brown City: Wallace State: NC County: Duplin Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Guy in Paradise The only item I have found extremely useful, which was easy to make on the bandsaw, was one of these
[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Guy/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Guy/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Guy/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Guy/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg[/IMG] I made one of those but I didn't cut the slots to suit me so I made this today and I think I will like it better. At least my tests seems to be good but I will not know for sure until I try my first pen with a blank drill on it. 
I also modified a tablesaw sled I had for an old table top tablesaw to cut the pen blanks to length without getting my fingers near a spinning blade. 
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