Hello To All!
This looks like a great hobby and some of the pens I have seen are incredibly impressive.
I have never done any lathe work in my 60 years of hobbies but indulge myself in YouTube and came across pen turning. I do some woodworking and have more equipment than I need but that all seems to come into play here, except my mortiser
I recently picked up a Rikon 105 "pen lathe" specifically to make pens. Will see how that goes (I like it but what do I know) I was debating over the Jet 1221 (read it all) but always buy more than I need so decided to start mini and see how this evolves. Aware of the deep hole hobbies lead into.
I have played around a bit and made a handful of pens. Here is the first pen I ever made.
I have a supply of lumber and the scrap pile box came up with maple.
I made some Jatoba pens as well.
I am starting with friction finish (Pens Plus) and wood for now.
Grabbed a few small boards of Rosewood and Leopard wood for blanks at woodcraft to try next. Have a few pen kits left and
have some different pen kits coming so will continue on the journey.
I realize I have unlimited things to try. I know my next learning step will be CA finish but will be awhile before I get there.
This looks like a great hobby and some of the pens I have seen are incredibly impressive.
I have never done any lathe work in my 60 years of hobbies but indulge myself in YouTube and came across pen turning. I do some woodworking and have more equipment than I need but that all seems to come into play here, except my mortiser
I recently picked up a Rikon 105 "pen lathe" specifically to make pens. Will see how that goes (I like it but what do I know) I was debating over the Jet 1221 (read it all) but always buy more than I need so decided to start mini and see how this evolves. Aware of the deep hole hobbies lead into.
I have played around a bit and made a handful of pens. Here is the first pen I ever made.
I have a supply of lumber and the scrap pile box came up with maple.
I made some Jatoba pens as well.
I am starting with friction finish (Pens Plus) and wood for now.
Grabbed a few small boards of Rosewood and Leopard wood for blanks at woodcraft to try next. Have a few pen kits left and
have some different pen kits coming so will continue on the journey.
I realize I have unlimited things to try. I know my next learning step will be CA finish but will be awhile before I get there.
