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JTWC

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Cambridge
First Name
Johannes
Hi to all
Thanks for allowing me to join this forum. I am not totally new to turning wood in general but have never turned pens. I am from Cambridge and work as an electronic engineer, maintaining large machinery controlled by PLC's and inverters this is the job that puts the bacon on the table. I have always been fond of wood and woodworking and equiped a home workshop to practice it as a hobby.I did purchase a cheapo lathe and really struggled with it so it was sold and I concentrated more on making built in furniture for the house This led me to buying a fair Few Festool products and that was in part to blame for selling the lathe. I was lucky to have access to a friends lathe to keep on turning but this is not the ideal situation but I did learn something you need better quality in tools and equipment. Since the purchase of the Festool products I have decided to sell my Startrite table saw and a Bosch mitre saw to make space for a lathe or 2.(I still have a Festool mitre saw who needs 2 mitre saws) So today I bought a nearly new and not much used Axminster AT1016vs this will be the first lathe and once the table and mitre saws are sold I will buy another lathe an Axminster AT406WL variable speed lathe. I decided on the 1016 because it has the same thread size as the 406. Well thats how I plan to revive my journey into turning.
Regards
Jan
 

Bill Mooney

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Hi Jan, welcome aboard. I hope you enjoy your turning. If you have any questions ask away someone will know the answer.
:banana::banana::banana:
 

fortress

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Astley
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John
Hello and welcome Johannes, it’s a long road, just make sure you’ve got a good pair of walking clogs. :thumbs::thumbs::banana:
 

JTWC

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Location
Cambridge
First Name
Johannes
Thanks to all for welcoming me to the forum. The short form of my name is Jan, well Johannesburg is a very distant memory .
 

Dalboy

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Location
Kent
First Name
Derek
Hi Jan and welcome.

Ask as many questions as you like no one will bite your head off but as you get to become a seasoned member they may take the mickey in a friendly way that is. Give them as good as you get.

Enjoy this hobby in all its forms from bowls to pens and everything inbetween.
 

Pierre

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Sep 2, 2015
Posts
996
Location
Southern Central France
First Name
Pierre
Welcome Jan from the S of France, mind you I used to live in Wyton!! Don't forget to get a decent chip collector, not to mention a nice band saw, a drill press, a rotary sander, a sharpening system (dont listen to those pro edge guys they dont know really sharp yet get a tormek) as well as a thicknesser/planer then there are the nice cryo tools and all those chucks as well as decent wood..... Oh the endless ways of removing your pay are fun. :whistling::whistling::whistling:

Best of luck I look forward to seeing the fun you have . :winking:
 

JTWC

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Location
Cambridge
First Name
Johannes
Welcome Jan from the S of France, mind you I used to live in Wyton!! Don't forget to get a decent chip collector, not to mention a nice band saw, a drill press, a rotary sander, a sharpening system (dont listen to those pro edge guys they dont know really sharp yet get a tormek) as well as a thicknesser/planer then there are the nice cryo tools and all those chucks as well as decent wood..... Oh the endless ways of removing your pay are fun. :whistling::whistling::whistling:

Best of luck I look forward to seeing the fun you have . :winking:

Thanks but i do have most of those tools already as for the sharpening system I have been using a pro edge for sometime now and am very happy with its performance.:face:
 

JTWC

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Location
Cambridge
First Name
Johannes
Hi Jan,
welcome to the pen forum. Hope to see your pens soon,
Kelvin

Thank you I do like your website and I will not just yet show my wife the leather bags your wife makes but you can expect an order sooner than later.
 

Leatherlass

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Oct 12, 2018
Posts
119
Location
South Wales
First Name
Christine
Welcome aboard Jan, my hubby likes to have two of everything in his workshop, lets hope that doesn't include wives :funny::funny:
 
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