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Hello Everyone! I was given a free Harbor Freight lathe and a set of Chinese carbide turning tools two weeks ago by a friend, and have now made 4 pens. My first three were standard slimlines, and my last was a modified slimline. I am afraid I may have caught the pen making bug! I really...

Greetings all, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I'm a relatively new turner, but I've been working with wood for as long as I can remember. My amazing step-dad stepped into my life when I was six and taught me everything I know - special shout out to all the fathers of all types on...

Hello hello! My name is Caleb, and I'm getting back into pen turning after making some with my father growing up, some 16ish years ago. I got my own tools and supplies this past year to make a pen for my lovely wife for our ten year anniversary, and fell back in love with it. I'm hoping to...

Good evening all, I Have been woodworking and running a business in the woodworking field for a lot of years and have decided to slow down and start having fun woodworking again. I am jumping in with both feet and all my Ornamental Mills and my lathe. I have turned for many years as well but...

Been Turning Since high school, just wanted to gain tips&tricks / share tips, projects with turners from all around the world. Happy turning fellow pen makers, 👋🖊️

Hello all, I am reasonably new to pen turning. Have been looking at it for a few years, but only recently finished my first pen. Pen turning is a part of my larger hobby of machining and building things (to solve problems). I have a Hercus 260 lathe, Bridgeport clone mill, and a Prusa i3 3D...

Hi my name is Rency I have some woodworking machines. Recently got an Inca 710 bandsaw. My first bandsaw ever. Played with it and made some cool bandsaw boxes, pencil holders and a spatula with it. And that was fun. Made me want to make more and started looking into wood turning. Started...

Hi! I'm Michael, I was introduced to turning (and pen making) when I was in Middle School back in 2005. I found a passion in making these rectangular materials into shiny cylindrical objects, and kept turning as a hobby through high school and college. The turning point for me was after...

Greetings from Albuquerque, NM! I just started turning pens last Saturday. In two days I went through a 5-pack of the FunLine pens from PSI, and they all turned out far better than I expected my first pens to turn out. (I did blow out the second and fourth blanks I tried to use but was able...

Hi all, I am new to pen turning. Looking forward to learning as I go along. I have been wood working for several years time for something new. I purchased a pen on a recent trip to Charleston, and thought I need to give this a try. Thanks Chris

Hi All, I'm Tom and have been pen turning for 7 or 8 years, but enjoy all woodworking.

Hello Everyone. Been on here about a month and havent had a whole lot of time to actually use it. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone is making along with showing some of the things that I am making. I am including a photo of two of my most recent pens. The left is a hyrind blank...

My name is Jody. I've been turning for the past two years, on and off. My disabled ex-husband and our 6 year old sometimes slow that process more than other times. I turned my first pen a little over a year ago. Didn't get to #2 until November. Which I followed very quickly with about 30...

Hi guys =) I am new to the forum and new to turning also. Found out about this forum through a google search and seems like a great forum. I'm from the country in Virginia, very, VERY, small town (roughly 650 people in the closest town) and recently picked up a Craftsman MIDI lathe from a trash...

Greetings Fellow Human Pen Turners! I am an adult-stage human of average height and over 200 of your Earth pounds. I recently became interested in pen turning: a perfectly normal human activity that is performed occupationally or for pleasure by humans and not by extra terrestrial hominids...

Hello all! I'm a long lost pen junkie who is just returning to the hobby. My wife bought me a new Jet 1221VS to get me out of her hair, so I am obliging her by spending all my free time making pens again and spending the family fortune! I hope to learn all the cool tips and tricks to one day...

I would like to introduce myself to the forum, my name is Mike, I live in the Western Michigan area, in the small town of Rockford. I am retired and I have enjoyed working with wood for a few years and decided to get a little more involved with it in retirement. I turned my first pen last...

I joined several months ago and finally getting around to writing. I am a retired accountant with a pen addiction. I have turned for several years and am getting into segmented pieces. From what I have seen on this site I have a long way to go. Gene

Aloha, Howdy & Hello! :dog: I'm Lynn currently living in Mililani, HI, but a native from the Great State of Iowa (I haven't lived there in 25 years, but still love HOME!). I have 2 dogs, one Border Collie pup who is 9.5 mos old and a 7 y/o BC/Collie mix. We do lots of dog training (and...