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My first meeting of the Midland Woodturning Chapter.

Bobby Smith

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Well first off, bunch of friendly people. About 12 members. It was a little ironic as I've been turning about a couple dozen pens lately and was hoping to get to learn something different. They had a demonstration today and it turned out to be pen turning. Lol Anyway, after the demo, I met with a couple guys that gave me some pointers on returning back to my small candydish bowl that I'm wanting to finish. They also had a raffle and I won three 12" Box Elder pen blanks. That was a nice plus! So it looks like I'm going to join the chapter and have some fun.
Bobby
 
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John Torchick

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Good! Box elder is beautiful and is my wife's favorite. I'll take them if yo don't want them. lol You will find a lot of helpful members there. I joined AAW and a local chapter, never regretted the investment which is what I consider it to be.
In addition, allow me to suggest www.penturners.org as a website that specializes in penturning, as the name suggests.
 
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John Torchick said:
Good! Box elder is beautiful and is my wife's favorite. I'll take them if yo don't want them. lol You will find a lot of helpful members there. I joined AAW and a local chapter, never regretted the investment which is what I consider it to be.
In addition, allow me to suggest www.penturners.org as a website that specializes in penturning, as the name suggests.
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Now I see why your wife loves this wood John. I couldn't wait to go ahead and turn a pen with one of the blanks.
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