Thread: I learnt something

yeha i know the feeling, ive had orders of 15 + come in, and ure its good when you get the money for it, but making them can be a bit tiring... but its worth it.. u feel alot of satisfaction at the end of it, espically when u have a really satisfied customer!! keep up the good work!! :P

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

Hi I learnt something... Turning pens are fun, but getting big orders are nice but not fun. (like 20 pens might not be a big order to some of you but to me it was) I like getting the order and the money was nice but making the same pen by 20 times gets very tedious. I am so looking forward to being able to play. It nicer to make something that you want to make when you want ot make then sell it then it is to make it to an order all the same. It's boring, at first it starts off enjoable towards the end it is very tedious. only three more to go and then I can play and I am so looking forward to do something new...Something i want to, I can honestly saying I am looking forward to posting them off so I don't have to see them again.
bye Toni

Gosh, I wish I had that problem.

thats so true toni. when i first started out i had a few orders totaling about 15 acrylic pens. at first i loved turning acrylic but by the end of it it was almost boring and now i dont take orders, i make em and they buy from a range

i do a lot of hand copy turning for my employer(finials,spindles, etc).i do find it tedious but once i get the first couple done and get into a groove,its all good. very good for learning control of the tool.nothing better though than to be able to put on a nice bit of wood and let it do the talking.

Yup. I've found that's true of everything I make, not just turning. The creativity is a large part of the fun, having the freedom to experiment with new shapes and being able to change things on the fly to get the best out of the wood.

But copy turning? [shudder] I'll leave that to the professionals... boring, boring, boring.

It's one helluva good way to hone your skills though! Quickly and accurately turning copies is one of the harder skills to master... and something most people don't bother learning. Funny that.

I dont know what youse lot are sooking about, try laying around 1000 bricks per day to see what boredom is all about.

I usually let my imaginary friends take over my brain for some fun.

Al

Is that 20 of your bullet pens, Toni?

Originally Posted by ozwinner

I dont know what youse lot are sooking about, try laying around 1000 bricks per day to see what boredom is all about.

I usually let my imaginary friends take over my brain for some fun.

They the ones who play "let's see how many courses we can get out plumb before he wakes up?"

or can we leave the cement out and see if he finds out!!!!!!!!!!!

(only kidding Oz)

NO.. just 20 slimlines for incentives at a weight loss retreat.
Toni

Originally Posted by echnidna

or can we leave the cement out and see if he finds out!!!!!!!!!!!

(only kidding Oz)

Unfortuneatley ppl have been doing that to save a few bob, so every job we do, they get a mud test to see if it is up to scratch.
Which it is of course, but the odd cowboy spoils it for the rest of us.

Al

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

NO.. just 20 slimlines for incentives at a weight loss retreat.

Well done all the same, Toni.

As has been said before, repetitive turning is boring, but is one hell of a way to get good at it. Had an order for 150 perfume atomisers a while back, for a folk art teacher. Part of the exercise was to work out a way to streamline the process. I had a mandrel made up so that I could turn five at a time. Then had to work out a way to make 150 wooden discs to fit the cap. The worst one was for 320, 40mm spheres with a 12mm hole, to be used as caps. So I can comiserate Toni.
Jim

There finished.... I did it.. and yep it does feel good to have them done...