Hi All From Brisbane Australia

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Hi,

My name is Tony, my wife and I moved to Brisbane Australia from Scotland back in 1982, we have since raised two sons here in Brisbane who are now full time life guards living on the GoldCoast/Surfers Paradise.
With my sons away from home I have so much more time on my hands at the weekends so it was time to find something else to do with all this time that I never had.
So I have set up an area in my garage along side my CnC and table saw for a lathe and have started making pens. Well, in a week or two I have become totally addicted to pen turning. I get great enjoyment out of hunting down and sourcing unusual pen blanks which I am starting to build a nice little collection of but have not turned any of these yet, but looking forward to in the very near future. The pens shown below are ones made in the last week or two and were my very first pens ever made.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r120/scotsmanfaewayback/DSC01261.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r120/scotsmanfaewayback/DSC01255.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r120/scotsmanfaewayback/DSC01272.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r120/scotsmanfaewayback/DSC01273.jpg

I am looking to get into all types of pen making ie. acrylics, timber, decals and so on, so I will be looking for all the help and advice I can get along the way. I will be scouring these forms for ideas and advice so if you see me around please feel free to say "Gidday"

Thanks
Tony.
 
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G'day Tony from South Australia, and welcome to IAP...!:wink:

Every single one of those types of pens, and more that you mention as your future projects, are all very well explained/exemplified in the IAP library, a simple search will bring you more info that you possibly can handle at one time, however, asking any sort of questions in here, will have some answers, guaranteed...!:biggrin: so, don't be shy...!:wink:

Good luck

Cheers
George
 
Welcome Tony,from far west Kentucky, to the addiction, sometimes referred to as the vortex. Those are some fine looking pens, I sure wish my first ones looked anywhere that good. You mention that you have read some of the site, be sure to give the library a good bit of time. The link is at the top of the page. You will find an article called Library Index. This covers tutorials on about anything pen making you can think of. You will also notice that there are articles listed by year. Much good info there as well. When these fail to answer your questions, by all means post it here. I have never seen one go unanswered very long. You might also want to give this thread a good look. It has some very good info for the beginning pen turner; http://content.penturners.org/articles/2009/Getting_started_in_penturning.pdf. Grab some wood, make some shavings and have fun all the while being safe.
Charles
 
Howdy from an ex-brisbanite. I'm now an hour west, although still working in Brissy.

You're obviously an experienced woody, so can't wait to see your future efforts. Based on these, they're going to be good.

Maybe you can give me some CNC tips, as I've recently been looking to buy one :wink:

Russell
 
Welcome Tony from Pearland , TX. Looks like you're off to a good start. I like the pens you've made and presented them well on your photos.
 
Howdy from an ex-brisbanite. I'm now an hour west, although still working in Brissy.

You're obviously an experienced woody, so can't wait to see your future efforts. Based on these, they're going to be good.

Maybe you can give me some CNC tips, as I've recently been looking to buy one :wink:

Russell

I'm no expert Russell, still following the steep learning curve with the CnC, I never bought one I made it from plans with a few changes along the way. I would be happy to share my experiences and even show you my CNC at some stage if that interests you. If so drop me a pm some time and we can arrange to get together.

To everyone else thanks very much for the welcome and I hope I can contribute to the IAP as much as I possibly can.

Thanks
Tony.
 
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