Thanks Walter

Walter gave up his time today to give me a very informative demo on appying a CA finish, so no more excuses allowed.

Very generous of him and what a nice guy to boot - much appreciated Walter.

Bob

ps You could eat your dinner off his workshop floor, nearly took my shoes off at the door

Now we need to see the pupils' work... It is always good to see fellow turners giving up their time to help others ... Well done Walter ...

Jim said:

Now we need to see the pupils' work...

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Got to wait until my order for kits arrives - been cutting up even more wood though Theraputic but doen't half mess up the workshop.

Lons said:

Walter gave up his time today to give me a very informative demo on appying a CA finish, so no more excuses allowed.

Very generous of him and what a nice guy to boot - much appreciated Walter.

Bob

ps You could eat your dinner off his workshop floor, nearly took my shoes off at the door

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You should have put it on Youtube, but I suppose with the pair of you in full swing we would have needed a translator.

Neil said:

You should have put it on Youtube, but I suppose with the pair of you in full swing we would have needed a translator.

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Whaey aye man ya reet - ahh niva thowt iv that

Lons said:

Whaey aye man ya reet - ahh niva thowt iv that

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That's Eric Morecambe English is that, all the right letters, just not necessarily in the right order.

Must be this site it all made sense to me. Reminds me of the country boy in Australia from outback pretty good speller got sponsored to the big city for a valuable spelling competition got up to the finals when quizzed on return said he was stumped he nevr did see horsepi@@ spelled AUSPICE before.

Well done Walter kind of you and from my experience so far Lons will be well amongst all of us very soon.

Kind regards Peter.

Well done Walter :bravo::bravo:

That's the joy of this place, people willing to give up their time to help each other.

Kudos Walter.

It was good to meet up with you Bob. I am always happy to share my methods especially with someone who makes me feel like I have known him for years after the first five minutes.

Thanks for the collection of blanks too. I will let you know how I get on with the (mistral? was it?). I have never been that keen on corian type materials but this looks like it might make decent pens if I can get my mind past the idea that it should be a worktop. Last time I made a pen out of Corian Brian told me he thought it looked like a bog floor (and I have to admit I agree with him) so whatever happens it can only be an improvement on that.

Good luck with the finishing, the pen you showed me looked pretty good, so you don't have far to go before you get a finish like glass.

Thanks chaps for all your kind comments, but I find most pen makers are willing to give up their time and share their knowledge freely, as indeed are many wood turners and woodworkers in general, so I feel I am doing nothing more than keeping up a long tradition of sharing.

Walter

Lovely thread, this. Well done Walter and good on yer for making the time to improve your skills Bob!

Nice one Walter