Ned Bulken
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Well,
Don Orr was gracious enough to show me all of the fiddly little details of pen turning... how to drill out the blank, glue in the tubes etc... and as a result I have two nice pens to show for it:
Mahagony with 'gold' slimline kit from woodcraft.
This one turned out quite nicely, so I'm donating it for a benefit auction this weekend.
And my third pen (2nd one is still in progress)
spalted maple
had a little bit of tear-out along one of the bug-trails, which I still need to fix, this one is staying with me u ntil I fix it, then I might give it away as a gift.
all in all, very fun, if a bit 'fussy' but easy to do and I look forward to doing more in the near future.
Don Orr was gracious enough to show me all of the fiddly little details of pen turning... how to drill out the blank, glue in the tubes etc... and as a result I have two nice pens to show for it:
Mahagony with 'gold' slimline kit from woodcraft.
This one turned out quite nicely, so I'm donating it for a benefit auction this weekend.
And my third pen (2nd one is still in progress)
spalted maple
had a little bit of tear-out along one of the bug-trails, which I still need to fix, this one is staying with me u ntil I fix it, then I might give it away as a gift.
all in all, very fun, if a bit 'fussy' but easy to do and I look forward to doing more in the near future.