Thread: Pens for Anzac Day 2012

Just an update. I excitedly drilled and glued the pens when they arrived. Unfortunately I have managed to damage some tendons in my ankle and am now couch bound for a week. Hopefully I can get back to work on them later in the week.

Stuart

Just get yourself better mate the pens can wait, I hope your tendonds mend quickly

Thanks to Don Penrose 10 more pens have arrived.

I will endeavour to get some pictures up, unfortunely my computer had a virus and has been down for a few days

Sorry for the delay I have been ill once againand also no computer.

Many thanks to Duncan aka Avery, Don Penrose and Jenny Dunlop aka Touchwood for the fantastic sets of pens I have received. Jenny has even hand sewn and embroided the covers

This year we will be sending pens to Agghanistan, Timor and the Solomons, Eddie has informed me that the ones for Op Mazurka have arrived

Duncan's pens



Don's pens



Jenny's Pens

Amazing work, well done, and what a lovely touch from Touchwood!Amos

Thanks Amos .... a girl can NEVER have too many toys!!!!

Sam, hope you are feeling on top of the world again soon - good to see the pens rolling in ... are we going to beat all records this time???

JD

Sam,Amos.
I am back, but slowly does it at first. When ready would like to start again. Prob missed Anzac day pens tho.
Cookie

Originally Posted by cookie48

Sam,Amos.
I am back, but slowly does it at first. When ready would like to start again. Prob missed Anzac day pens tho.
Cookie

Just take it easy Cookie, I have m ade a start on the ones you glued up will post some pictures when I get home currently at the hospital having an infusion. actually I have made my first closed end pen.

My start on some pens, the lot on the left are blanks form Ironwood and the pens on the right are ones that were started by Cookie before he got ill. I hope to have some more by next week

The left bottom two are my first attempts at closed end pens no special tools were used

Many thanks to Terry Fahy and members of the Tweed Valley Woodcrafters Association we have received back 50 completed beautiful pens.

Many thanks to you all especially the first timers, i hope ypu enjoyed the experience I am sure they will be appreciated by the troops.

A photo sent by Terry of some of the pens I will psot the full set tomorrow

At a quick count with counting all sent so far we will send in excess of 400 pens this Anzac Day. Well done all

Please if you have kits please send them back to me as we need to send them on ASAP

So far pens have gone to operation Mazurka and I now have an address and wil send pens to Afghanistan, Timor and the Solomons. I I here back form the resident Naval ship in the gulf they will also get some.

Thank you all for making this a great Anzac Day

Hi Simonatra. If you pm your address I'll post what I've been able to do so far. When are you sending them off? I have done fourteen but dont have much time in the next few weeks.

very well done Simomatra! Champion stuff.

Thanks for letting me be a part of it.

Bravo to all turners that assisted in this great effort. Well done.