Greetings from Nebraska! This is many new "Firsts" for me.
1) This is my first time posting to the forum.
2) This is the first pen I have made using an "Oil Slick" DiamondCast (TM) blank from McKenzie Penworks.
3) This is the first time I have turned Alumilite. Wow compared with Rhino Plastic...
I am fairly new at pen turning (started late August of 2011), however, I have worked with wood working tools since I was in the 7th grade. I probably had an interest well before that but officially in 7th grade is when I began to get my formal education.
I am now 71 years old, semi-retired and...