Sam Chambers
10-23-2004, 9:09 PM
I stopped by the Atlanta Rockler store today to meet Ken Salisbury and try my hand at pen turning for the Freedom Pens Project. I hadn't turned anything on a lathe (or even turned a lathe on, for that matter) since Jr. High, but Ken was an excellent teacher. Before I knew it, with lots of coaching from Ken, I had turned two Freedom Pens.
Ken was even nice enough to give me some stock from his personal stash - birch with red, white and blue Corian laminated on the end - to make a pen for myself. (I'll post a picture as soon as my daughter brings the digital camera home.) Ken was very generous with his time and expertise, not only with me, but with many others who showed up to learn how to turn pens.
I would have turned more, had there not been so much "competition" for the lathes. I can see how this can become rather addictive. Now I get to teach my son how to do this.
Ken, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you in person. Thanks for the instruction, the "keeper" pen (even my wife was impressed), and for all your hard work for such a worthwhile cause. And thanks to the folks at Rockler for donating the materials!
Ken was even nice enough to give me some stock from his personal stash - birch with red, white and blue Corian laminated on the end - to make a pen for myself. (I'll post a picture as soon as my daughter brings the digital camera home.) Ken was very generous with his time and expertise, not only with me, but with many others who showed up to learn how to turn pens.
I would have turned more, had there not been so much "competition" for the lathes. I can see how this can become rather addictive. Now I get to teach my son how to do this.
Ken, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you in person. Thanks for the instruction, the "keeper" pen (even my wife was impressed), and for all your hard work for such a worthwhile cause. And thanks to the folks at Rockler for donating the materials!