A cool project for disabled Vets

[NJturner]

My woodturning club, The Atlantic Shore Woodturners located in Howell, NJ does a number of great outreach programs to various groups and individuals in our area. One of our new initiatives is a pen turning class for local disabled vets in our community. I wanted to use a quality US made kit with a single blank that would be showy yet easy to turn so picked the McKenzie Penworks Liberty Click Pen with the Schmidt click mechanism. We purchased enough kits for 12 vets to turn a pen, using Diamondcast blanks for the body. I turned one to be a sample for the vets to see before they started their own. I highly recommend the kits from Tim McKenzie, they are well made - and I like that they are made in the US!

Here is the pen turned and assembled to show the vets -

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Kevin

 

[Hippie3180]

My woodturning club, The Atlantic Shore Woodturners located in Howell, NJ does a number of great outreach programs to various groups and individuals in our area. One of our new initiatives is a pen turning class for local disabled vets in our community. I wanted to use a quality US made kit with a single blank that would be showy yet easy to turn so picked the McKenzie Penworks Liberty Click Pen with the Schmidt click mechanism. We purchased enough kits for 12 vets to turn a pen, using Diamondcast blanks for the body. I turned one to be a sample for the vets to see before they started their own. I highly recommend the kits from Tim McKenzie, they are well made - and I like that they are made in the US!

Here is the pen turned and assembled to show the vets -

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Kevin

Very nice kit and blank. The craftsmanship is very clean. Great outreach too!

 

[qquake]

I have made McKenzie pens, and they are very high quality and great looking. I'm curious though, about your choice of Diamondcast blanks. While they are easier to turn than some other acrylic blanks, and look great (like yours does), I would think wood would be a lot easier to turn and finish, especially for first pens. Just my two cents. Great outreach, by the way.