Hey Guys, Want to justify all your power tools to your wife? Make a new handle for her favorite canning spoon! ...
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volsr1@...
Oct 1, 2001 12:07 pm
Solid surface material (corian, surrell, avonite, etc.) is available in 3/4 inch thickness. The color and pattern choices are very limited however. Most...
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penturners@yahoogroup...
Oct 1, 2001 1:32 pm
The following penturners poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: To Whome do you sell most of your pens? CHOICES AND RESULTS - Family,...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 1, 2001 5:39 pm
... day ... Well, I'm neither. It seemed funny at the time. I'm sorry I apparently offended you. Regards, Rich...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 1, 2001 5:44 pm
... Ron, I couldn't hope to match Rich's absolutely brilliant method - the guy is a rocket scientist, his recipe is sheer genius! What more could I possibly...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 1, 2001 6:04 pm
Wow! That's an elaborate procedure! Once you get good at it, how much time do you spend on finishing per pen? I realize that final sanding, polishing and...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 1, 2001 6:21 pm
... Rich! It WAS funny. You certainly added a big smile to my day! This whole group has been a beautiful beacon of light to me through some terrible weeks for...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 1, 2001 6:27 pm
Paul, Nice pen! Very different. I use non-standard or home-made tools mostly when I'm turning mini things such as little Tagua nut bowls or small jewelry...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 1, 2001 6:35 pm
Nice spoon handle Jim and a neat idea! But how do you justify all your power tools to a husband? He wants a new Nikon camera, I want a bigger lathe, a planner,...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 1, 2001 6:49 pm
Hi Paul, That pen certainly looks different... not sure I like it, but I do admire your trying new ideas. You have more creative stuff in you than most of...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 1, 2001 7:12 pm
... How about opaque epoxy? You whip it to a fluff, all the enclosed bubbles will make it opaque. Just the thing to finish that ugly pen with ;-) It'll also...
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sourdough46@...
Oct 1, 2001 7:36 pm
... rich, i took no offense whatsoever! in fact i appreciate any attempts at humor in these anxious and troubling times. guess my own attempt was not...
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Paul Tarlow
yaho@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:15 pm
Exactly as you described :-) ... <snip> ... chchen and and redheart and then the red groove generated by filing the redheart on the lathe? <snip>...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:45 pm
Jim Lambert, and others who've done this, I seem to remember some discussion a while back about sending pens to be engraved before final finishing. Was that...
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Sawdust32@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:45 pm
In a message dated 10/1/01 3:40:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Ron Frame Mark V 520, strip sander, belt sander, jointer, scroll saw. I expect to pass through...
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jim@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:54 pm
Pat, Almost all of my pens go to the engraver when they are completely finished. The exception is as you stated, when there is to be a filling that may get...
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jim@...
Oct 1, 2001 11:31 pm
Since I started our Coordinated Effort to Help project, I have been contacted by a couple pen makers with a suggestion that I open a sort of Pen Gallery or...
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Tim Boddy
tj_boddy@...
Oct 1, 2001 11:45 pm
Jim, I would be interested depending on the cost. At least until I get off of my lazy butt and finish my website. Tim ... ...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:36 am
Hi Jim, I think I might be interested in your consignment shop idea. My other online seller, (besides my own web site) CyberCrafts.net, just sent me a farewell...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:52 am
Good thoughts, Pat. I like the drop-shipment idea. But, it's tough to deal with vacations and similar times when a craftsman might be unreachable. Maybe...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:53 am
Tim has just pointed out to me that the pen photo I listed as an example of CA finished Bocote is not Bocote! He's right and I guess I had sawdust on the brain...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:28 am
... Pat, you're killing me... I already relabeled all my padauk pens to bocote, and the bocote to unknow species ;-) You know what else you made me do? I...
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Sawdust32@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:30 am
In a message dated 10/1/01 4:50:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I don't know what happened to the last line of my last post, but I remember typing it. I was...
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gen11@...
Oct 2, 2001 2:21 am
I just got a small order of the PF FP's to try out. Hmmm. A big question: Normally I use a pen mill in my drill to square the ends WITH THE BRASS TUBES GLUED...
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Richard Kleinhenz
scubaman@...
Oct 2, 2001 2:57 am
You need to leave the cap barrel ever so slightly longer than the long (temporaty) brass tube. Otherwise, the shoulders of the bushings grab the brass tube,...
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Angelo
iafrateturns@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:06 am
Jim, you can count me in on the co-op gallery. Never can have too many places to sell pens A ... From: jim@... To: penturners@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Patricia Lawson
PatLawsonIs@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:46 am
... AAAAhahahahahaha! Serves you right Rich for making me drill the wrong sized hole in that beautiful pen blank last week! Now we're even! I gotta tell you...
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Mike Haney
mhaney@...
Oct 2, 2001 5:39 am
Count me in Jim, at least until I start doing more bussiness on my website. At 5 hits a day I dont think I will be having so many orders that I cant fill...
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volsr1@...
Oct 2, 2001 9:00 am
No, most manufacturers (corian, surrell, avonite, etc.) make 3/4 inch solid surface material. It isn't available in a wide variety of colors however. The...
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Angelo
iafrateturns@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:39 am
Yes, Yes Orange cocobolo....comes from the Yucatan A ... From: Patricia Lawson To: PenTurners Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:48 PM Subject: [penturners]...
