Old Hand - New to the Forum

[silver]

It's about time you came out....

welcome aboard Rod, sure we will re kindle some of the old banter and spirit.

You may have noticed a few of the "old names" are still around and making a nuisance of them selves..

They are just older, dafter and more senile than before..

Glad to see you are back. Look forward to your contribution again.

 

[RodN]

Welcome to the forums Ron, you have a very nice pad from where you work my friend .. Thanks for showing those well made items to Ron ..

Thanks for the welcome.
And erm... by the way.... the name is ROD :biggrin:

Oh yes.... and looking back in the achives, I see that we have a potential wager to satisfy :pounds:
D'ya feel lucky?
http://www.penturners.co.uk/off-topic-forum/409-pens-forest.html#post2804

If you have more then please add them in the appropriate forum so they do not get lost in the welcome thread ..

Sure... will do.

Cheers
Rod

 

[Buckeye]

Thanks for the welcome.
And erm... by the way.... the name is ROD :biggrin:

Oh yes.... and looking back in the achives, I see that we have a potential wager to satisfy :pounds:
D'ya feel lucky?
http://www.penturners.co.uk/off-topic-forum/409-pens-forest.html#post2804
Rod

That was before my time, but is interesting, far too many people sell their pens too cheaply, it's as if they don't value their work.

Peter

 

[Jimjam66]

Looks like a hard life you have there, Rod. Spent many a happy hour on your website, it's good finally 'meet' you! I hope you will carry on the tradition of Southerners being sane and sober - the Northerners are all barking ...

 

[paulm]

Hi Rod, a formidable collection of stuff you've made there, lovely... your workshop is as tidy as Woodys, do you buy the items in

 

[Neil Lawton]

Looks like a hard life you have there, Rod. Spent many a happy hour on your website, it's good finally 'meet' you! I hope you will carry on the tradition of Southerners being sane and sober - the Northerners are all barking ...

Woof!

Welcome Rod. Are you a celebrity or a Psychiatric / Geriatric nurse?
I only ask as it seems the pensioners and the loonies are the ones who seem to know you?

 

[silver]

I only ask as it seems the pensioners and the loonies are the ones who seem to know you?

Hey you, less of it......:nonono::nonono:

 

[Neil Lawton]

Hey you, less of it......:nonono::nonono:

What?

Old, mental, or Southern?

 

[Walter]

Welcome to the forum Rod. As you can see the level of sanity amongst the pen turning community has not improved.

 

[RodN]

Hi Rod, a formidable collection of stuff you've made there, lovely... your workshop is as tidy as Woodys, do you buy the items in

I'll come clean... the workshop is never that tidy !!

 

[RodN]

Looks like a hard life you have there, Rod. Spent many a happy hour on your website, it's good finally 'meet' you! I hope you will carry on the tradition of Southerners being sane and sober - the Northerners are all barking ...

Oh dear!
I hate to have to tell you this.... but I was born and bred for enough North to call a spade a spade. Except when you tread on it.

 

[Dalboy]

Hello and welcome Rod. The name seems familiar but then I spend quite a bit of time around a lot of woodwroking and other pen turning forums in the past right through to the present.

Not all of on here are mad but it helps.

 

[wm460]

G'day Rod,
Welcome to the forum from the sunny centre of Aust.

Looks like a hard life you have there, Rod. Spent many a happy hour on your website, it's good finally 'meet' you! I hope you will carry on the tradition of Southerners being sane and sober - the Northerners are all barking ...

That means Penpal and my self are the only two sane ones here.:iknow:

 

[Penpal]

Hi Rod Peter here curious of the make of your metal lathe i have 1965 Hercus looks like that also heavily modded my PenWizad I am not impressed by the feed and quality time needed etc shoved mine in a box.You stimulated my interest in shavng brushes will have to go on a badger hunt myself I really like much of your prodution you have show looking forward to you cuurrent work and contributions. Welcome from over here Kind regards Peter.

 

[RodN]

Hi Rod Peter here curious of the make of your metal lathe i have 1965 Hercus looks like that also heavily modded my PenWizad I am not impressed by the feed and quality time needed etc shoved mine in a box.You stimulated my interest in shavng brushes will have to go on a badger hunt myself I really like much of your prodution you have show looking forward to you cuurrent work and contributions. Welcome from over here Kind regards Peter.

Hi Peter.
The metal work lathe is an old Myford ML7. It is an extremely sound lathe, but I am seriously thinking of replacing it with a modern machine.

And yes, I modded my Pen Wizard too. The little plastic arrangement for a depth stop (on the newer versions like mine) just isn't reliable enough in use, and as you say, the time spent setting up and actually doing the cutting is way out of proportion to the time taken to make the pen. I could probably make three or more pens instead of one with the fancy patterns using the Pen Wizard.

Cheers
Rod

 

[bellringer]

Hi Peter.
The metal work lathe is an old Myford ML7. It is an extremely sound lathe, but I am seriously thinking of replacing it with a modern machine.

And yes, I modded my Pen Wizard too. The little plastic arrangement for a depth stop (on the newer versions like mine) just isn't reliable enough in use, and as you say, the time spent setting up and actually doing the cutting is way out of proportion to the time taken to make the pen. I could probably make three or more pens instead of one with the fancy patterns using the Pen Wizard.

Cheers
Rod

What modern metal lathe are you looking at?

 

[RodN]

Warco WM250

Warco WM 250 | Variable Speed Metal Lathe Quality Machine

 

[Penpal]

Morning Rod just size and modernity your impending choice looks good. But the lathe you have looks immaculite to me. A pic of my Hercus so you will see from a distance likenesses.

Thanks for showing mate.

Peter.

 

[Neil]

Rod,

Good to hear from you again, nothing changes except this forums even more irreverent! Looking forward to your posts.

 

[Baldy]

Some absolutely cracking "play" there.. jealous of the shop ,cave and the work