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Hello from Scotland.

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Midnightlunchbox

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Hi,

I've just joined the forums so I thought I'd say hello. I'm not really sure what to say about myself so here goes. I live in Aberdeenshire, been a joiner all my days and am now a lecturer in Carpentry & Joinery at Aberdeen College.

I have been turning for about 20 years now. I learned how to use a lathe whilst attending college as part of my apprenticeship and never looked back. I try to get out to the garage as much as I can but with two kids (6 and 2) and a wife that works shifts it can be sporadic.

I have been turning pens for about 5 years and I'm constantly learning. I have a real interest in hybrid blanks and higher end stuff and I'm looking forward to picking up more tips on here.

Thanks for reading this,
Craig Daniel
 
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Welcome to the forum Craig, it sounds like you won't need a lot of help from us, you might give us some tips. How about showing us some pictures of what you've made?
 
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Hi Craig welcome to the forum hi end blanks you can find on here and a lot of low end dead beats who take a lot of meds:face::face:
 
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Hi lads, thanks for the replies. I have tried to attach some pictures of a couple if recent pens but I'm on my ipad so I'm not sure it will work! Both are turned from hybrid blanks from George Watkins (I think his stuff is terrific).
 

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Welcome to the forums Craig, some nice looking pens, Georges blanks certainly are top of the range .. :thumbs:
 
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Glad you made it Craig. One thing I did forget to tell you about this lot and that is they are all mad. They are also very helpful and knowledgeable lot after they have taken their medication:funny::funny::funny:

Some great looking pens you have there.
 
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Welcome along Craig and nice to see some of your work, Georges blanks are wonderful, I love them and you've done a great job of turning the ones you're showing here :thumbs:
 
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Welcome to the forums, our opinions on what you call high end blanks differ but I can live with that.
Eventually.
 
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