First Pens
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Had some trouble with my lathe, had to exchange it finally as it was out-of-true, but finally got a couple of pens done… They ain’t so much pretty, or in focus, but at least I kind of know more or less what I’m doing now…
Why are they looking at me like that? And how is this even possible?
Today was, in some ways, an important day in my development as a woodworker: it was the first time I fired up my lathe. And while momentous, it was not entirely successful…
The plan was to prepare a few pen blanks out [...]