Pen Turning fun
Topic: Physical Well Being
There's something comforting and mystical about working with wood. You have something that was once alive in your hands. You can shape it and create things with it and you leave part of yourself with the wood. I look with admiration at the work other people do either making furniture or carving or inlaying or otherwise shaping wood into something new but familiar. It's all good and I'm beginning to step into that sort of activity myself. Nothing major yet. I haven't carved the Piata yet but I have made some wood pens.

Very nice stuff and very interesting to work with. The spinning lathe and the act of shaping the wood is both intimidating and fascinating. Learning how to operate the machines used, the lathe, the drill press, the band saw and other tools is also a bit new to me. But I pick things up quickly and I do have a healthy respect for power tools so I should be alright with it all. No fingers lost as of yet. :-) Anyways, these are the two pens I've made.