David Sallee
05-25-2008, 11:52 PM
Hey all,
Well the wife decided to try her hand at pen turning. She done really good although she was nervous as heck, worried she was going to break something or ruin the blank.. LOL
She cut the blank to size on the tablesaw herself (first time user), she drilled it out on the lathe herself, set the inserts herself. She also milled it on the lathe herself, turned it from start to finish herself using a 3/4" roughing gouge only, sanded it herself starting with 150 going up to 600 then friction polish on the lathe.
She loved it and now we have a 2nd lathe planned in our near future... :D
This is a CSUSA Euro kit in Rhodium. She used a Tulipwood blank supplied by Dan Allemand from the forum (Thanks again Dan for the blanks!!)
Her pride and joy!
http://www.mistersawdust.com/pens/LaBlanc.jpg
Here is the back side showing some nice grain contrast....
http://www.mistersawdust.com/pens/back.jpg
And this is one I turned to show her the steps of how to turn one... I would do a few steps, then she would do the step I showed her on hers. Worked out really well...
http://www.mistersawdust.com/pens/mine.jpg
Dan... This also one of the blanks you sent me... Not really sure what it is, really soft wood and porous grain?
All comments and suggestions welcome!
Thanks for looking...
Dave & Dee
Well the wife decided to try her hand at pen turning. She done really good although she was nervous as heck, worried she was going to break something or ruin the blank.. LOL
She cut the blank to size on the tablesaw herself (first time user), she drilled it out on the lathe herself, set the inserts herself. She also milled it on the lathe herself, turned it from start to finish herself using a 3/4" roughing gouge only, sanded it herself starting with 150 going up to 600 then friction polish on the lathe.
She loved it and now we have a 2nd lathe planned in our near future... :D
This is a CSUSA Euro kit in Rhodium. She used a Tulipwood blank supplied by Dan Allemand from the forum (Thanks again Dan for the blanks!!)
Her pride and joy!
http://www.mistersawdust.com/pens/LaBlanc.jpg
Here is the back side showing some nice grain contrast....
http://www.mistersawdust.com/pens/back.jpg
And this is one I turned to show her the steps of how to turn one... I would do a few steps, then she would do the step I showed her on hers. Worked out really well...
http://www.mistersawdust.com/pens/mine.jpg
Dan... This also one of the blanks you sent me... Not really sure what it is, really soft wood and porous grain?
All comments and suggestions welcome!
Thanks for looking...
Dave & Dee