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sbwertz

sbwertz

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I'm a 67 year old great-grandmother who did some turning 30 years ago and just got back into it. I have a mini lathe with a bed extension that gives me 39" capacity. I have a 65' chinese elm in the backyard and have discovered that it is a beautiful wood to turn! So far I have turned pens in chinese elm, mulberry, cherry, walnut, maple, ebony, cypress, wenge, poculi, redheart, olive, mahogany, lauan, kingswood, copobolo, and two different types of rosewood. I have turned about 50 pens since I started about 6 weeks ago. I've also turned two canes and misc. small projects.

Sharon
 
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Welcome from Texas. There are actually several members here from the Phoenix area. The Desert Woodturning RoundUp held there (in Mesa at the convention center) in Feb 2011 will have several penturning demonstrations. Mark it on your calendar. There will also be a penturning meeting of some kind on one of the evenings during the special interest activities.
http://www.desertwoodturningroundup.com/

Do a good turn daily!
Don
 
Greetings from Tennessee

Happy for you that you are back into it....have fun. My wife and I were just in Phoenix last month; vist out there couple of times each year. Looking to retire out there if I can ever afford to quit working. Emerson and Rose
 
Hi I also live here in Phoenix on the Phoenix/Glendale border. There are several of us here glad to see you here as well.
 
Hi Sharon!
Welcome from sunny southern California.

Below are links to two threads/articles that have lots of information on pen turning. The first one is a very basic overview of the many aspects of getting into turning pens.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446

The second link has postings by different pen turners and what they wish they had known earlier:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46654


Here is another link - a PDF on the acronyms used here. I am sure you know many but this will help with those you don't.

http://content.penturners.org/articl...9/Acronyms.pdf
 
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