Member that made wood pens?

[Creedmoor]

Who was the member that made wood pens on a lathe and sold them?

Thanks

 

[target64]

There were a few members on here. I no longer make custom pens.

 

[target64]

Shaynster did in the past

 

[foszoe]

He was from Jamestown....

 

[target64]

Love machine was from there

 

[target64]

Scuba591 made then also.

 

[foszoe]

Love machine was from there

That's who I was thinking of

 

[Creedmoor]

Love machine was from there

Thank you, I think the member I'm thinking of was Love Machine.

My son is looking at lathes just to do pens on, I have a Delta 12" x 32? variable speed but its a bit large. Do the guys here that do or did make pens use a full size or a mini machine?
Do you use full size tools or small ones?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Thank you, I think the member I'm thinking of was Love Machine.

My son is looking at lathes just to do pens on, I have a Delta 12" x 32? variable speed but its a bit large. Do the guys here that do or did make pens use a full size or a mini machine?
Do you use full size tools or small ones?

Paging @lovemachine

He hasn’t been here all summer. Hope this gets his attention

 

[Creedmoor]

Paging @lovemachine

He hasn’t been here all summer. Hope this gets his attention

There were a few members on here. I no longer make custom pens.

I'm really curious what you guys use or used with lathes and tooling with making pens.
I have that Delta and a set of Sorby turning tools.

 

[target64]

Thank you, I think the member I'm thinking of was Love Machine.

My son is looking at lathes just to do pens on, I have a Delta 12" x 32? variable speed but its a bit large. Do the guys here that do or did make pens use a full size or a mini machine?
Do you use full size tools or small ones?

I have used full, midi and mini lathes. Depending on what I had at the time and what I was doing

 

[target64]

I'm really curious what you guys use or used with lathes and tooling with making pens.
I have that Delta and a set of Sorby turning tools.

I had three different midi lathes. 1 excelsior and two novas. Got them from Rockler. Sorby does nice tooling

 

[BehindBlueI's]

@dudley0

Oh... PENS. Pens. Right. Pens. Never mind @dudley0 , false alarm. He was talking about wooden PENS.

(you know what you did)

 

[Eric66]

Thank you, I think the member I'm thinking of was Love Machine.

My son is looking at lathes just to do pens on, I have a Delta 12" x 32? variable speed but its a bit large. Do the guys here that do or did make pens use a full size or a mini machine?
Do you use full size tools or small ones?

I know 2 guys that make pens, don't know if either of them are members here. 1 uses a large, expensive, almost industrial sized lathe. The other one bought the cheapest and smallest one that Harbor Freight had sitting on the shelf. Both do extremely nice work.

Depending on his skill level, comfort level around the machine and to some extent his age, the one you have might be just fine or you may want to opt for a smaller one.

 

[schmart]

Thank you, I think the member I'm thinking of was Love Machine.

My son is looking at lathes just to do pens on, I have a Delta 12" x 32? variable speed but its a bit large. Do the guys here that do or did make pens use a full size or a mini machine?
Do you use full size tools or small ones?

I use a full size lathe, although haven't turned anything for a bit.
Rick

 

[Tactically Fat]

I have TWO LM pens. So there.

I'll text him and let him know he's being paged.

 

[lovemachine]

I'm really curious what you guys use or used with lathes and tooling with making pens.
I have that Delta and a set of Sorby turning tools.

I made hundreds of pens. Almost turned into a business, was turning every day. Plus bowls, clocks, stools, etc…

Pens, I made them with a full sized Powermatic 3520B lathe and a Jet Mini Lathe.
My favorite tools to use were the Easy Wood Carbide tools.

 

[Creedmoor]

I made hundreds of pens. Almost turned into a business, was turning every day. Plus bowls, clocks, stools, etc…

Pens, I made them with a full sized Powermatic 3520B lathe and a Jet Mini Lathe.
My favorite tools to use were the Easy Wood Carbide tools.

Thats a very nice lathe you have, Thank you