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Did i mention it was summertime? Well…I finally made my first two pens--and used a LATHE for the FIRST TIME…which I have been dying to do fo a long time. Last January when WayneC, Tony, Obi and I met I told Wayne about my desire to make pens…He showed me a bunch of stuff (we met at Woodcraft in Dublin, CA) to buy and I bought some…but I never moved forward after that because I had not used my lathe that came with my shopsmith…
So…I dedicate these first two pens to WayneC…
I took a class at the Santa Rosa, CA Woodcraft and had a great time…the Instructor (Neal R.) was great and there were two other nice people along with me taking the class so it made the whole experience enjoyable and I will definitely take more classes in the future…
The first pen I made turned out to be nicer. Neal showed us how to create the blanks and we turned them which gave us enough time to complete two. The first one is the striped tan wood (I am EMBARRASSED I CANT REMEMBER THE WOOD)...the second one started out as all walnut…but as the 3rd photo shows I went too far and blew out the edge which shows the tube showing through…
So Neal offered to let me make a whole new pen but I thought it would be neat so make the other end out of another wood so he suggested purple heart…and I really like the contrast…
One thing I am noticing since I got home is that I may not have put on enough of the wax or finish on the pens…becuasre the (especially the purple heart) wood seems to have soaked it up a bit…
All in all it was great--and be ready--I bought a lot of blanks!!! I was a little nervous to use the lathe…and now I need to try my Shopsmith Lathe at home…so that is the next step!
So…I dedicate these first two pens to WayneC…
I took a class at the Santa Rosa, CA Woodcraft and had a great time…the Instructor (Neal R.) was great and there were two other nice people along with me taking the class so it made the whole experience enjoyable and I will definitely take more classes in the future…
The first pen I made turned out to be nicer. Neal showed us how to create the blanks and we turned them which gave us enough time to complete two. The first one is the striped tan wood (I am EMBARRASSED I CANT REMEMBER THE WOOD)...the second one started out as all walnut…but as the 3rd photo shows I went too far and blew out the edge which shows the tube showing through…
So Neal offered to let me make a whole new pen but I thought it would be neat so make the other end out of another wood so he suggested purple heart…and I really like the contrast…
One thing I am noticing since I got home is that I may not have put on enough of the wax or finish on the pens…becuasre the (especially the purple heart) wood seems to have soaked it up a bit…
All in all it was great--and be ready--I bought a lot of blanks!!! I was a little nervous to use the lathe…and now I need to try my Shopsmith Lathe at home…so that is the next step!
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