My son's second pen ever.

[DigBaddy72]

My son, Ben, is 11 years old. This past Sunday he asked to go to my woodshop with me to watch me turn some pens. As I got my first one of the day done, he had a look on his face that I could tell meant he wanted to try, so when I asked him, he immediately went to the wood pile and picked out a blank and turned a pen. I don't have a photo of that one and he sold it the next day to a teacher at school for $20! Last night he wanted to turn another pen, this time he wanted to try a "wand" pen. So he picked out some purpleheart, and a chrome slimline hardware kit and went to town. I helped a little with the finishing and pressing the kit together. Other than that this is all him. I also introduced him to a skew and parting tool, which he promptly put to work on this pen! I think he is hooked!

 

[John Den]

The lad shows real talent.
Love the shape!
Kind regards to your clever son,
John from Devon UK

 

[plantman]

Better wood than weed !! He did a very good job on his pen !! You should be very proud. Jim S

 

[triw51]

WOW nice job you are doing being a father BigBaddy

 

[hobbyist2013]

That's beautiful, terrific workmanship. He did a great job on that!

 

[skiprat]

Skew???? Parting Tool????
The two most challenging tools, without a doubt!!

Please pass on my admiration for his fearlessness!!!!

 

[plano_harry]

Nice work! Can't think of a better way for an 11 year old to make money. Mowing yards is hard work - especially in Texas!!

 

[Fishinbo]

Great looking pen! Great training from a great trainer, your son is in the right path. Way to go Dad!

 

[Jim15]

Tell him great work.

 

[scottsheapens]

Can't mow yards this time of year. Shoveling snow hurts. Pen turning is a great skill for him. Congrats to both you and your son.

 

[dozer]

Tell your son he did a great job and to keep on turning.

 

[Hubert H]

Not only did the son do a great job - the father is doing pretty good also. Way to go dad!

 

[mikespenturningz]

Very nice. He has a good eye for sizes and keeping things looking right together. Check out the article on making a slimline and not using the center band and let him give that a try I bet he would make something really cool!

 

[DigBaddy72]

My son says thanks everyone. He is really excited to get into this more and more. No turning for him this weekend though. He's had a busy weekend with bowling league, a band concert (he plays alto sax), and some friends came over. But dad got some shop time!

 

[stonepecker]

That young man has talent.....Tell him to keep it up and pat him on the back from all of us here at IAP. The sooner he is a member the better for all of us.

You are doing a great job also DigBaddy