Davideccroft
Apprentice Member
Hi, I'm not new to wood working but new to pen turning. I bought a lathe a few months ago and then discovered pen turning. I initially had some yew tree prunings I'd left to age for a few years and they looked the right size and really enjoyed it.
I've been playing with making jigs, to help with cutting, pressing etc and then found this forum when searching for help. It seems a lot of people are doing the same.
So far I've only am about 10 pens so a lot to learn.
I do the wood working as something totally not related to work and have 2 small kids so it won't be something I do all my working hours so I'll be a fair weather weekend pen turner making pens so far for family, friends and colleagues.
Today's job is unblocking and setting up a new band saw I bought from Axminster yesterday. My existing cutting methods have been too risky or not accurate enough.
My aim this month is to produce something for our local village show in early September. So a pen using local seasoned wood. I just saw a YouTube video on pen decals but I'm not quite ready to be that good but I do have some holly wood waiting for this when I get better.
I've been playing with making jigs, to help with cutting, pressing etc and then found this forum when searching for help. It seems a lot of people are doing the same.
So far I've only am about 10 pens so a lot to learn.
I do the wood working as something totally not related to work and have 2 small kids so it won't be something I do all my working hours so I'll be a fair weather weekend pen turner making pens so far for family, friends and colleagues.
Today's job is unblocking and setting up a new band saw I bought from Axminster yesterday. My existing cutting methods have been too risky or not accurate enough.
My aim this month is to produce something for our local village show in early September. So a pen using local seasoned wood. I just saw a YouTube video on pen decals but I'm not quite ready to be that good but I do have some holly wood waiting for this when I get better.