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Welcome Graemela,
I used to say I had sap in my veins but I now am more specific and say I have woodsap in my veins. I too come from, I suspect, a long line of woodworkers as my father and brother...

Yes it's quite cool. Fire's on all day. I've been practicing my carpentry skills as I have to raise my Handrails 100 mm. (Council Regs. you know) Bogging minor rot, relplacing rotted beams and...

Yogi here. I've been offline for a couple of years. Moved, remarried,new email address, been busy. Haven't got my shed up and running yet - still full of junk (stuff). Moved into a beautiful old...

The symbolism can speak to us all in any way it chooses. But this is what I see in it. When I saw the otiginal picture in an Art Deco book it seemed so dark, but I couldn't get the image out of my...

I used Birch. The backboard is ashen, I think? I tried a couple of quick closeups.
I brought some 8"x2"x about 18" birch back with me from Finland, cost me an arm and a leg, but hey what price...

oops it DID work.
Yogi

65070

Sorry, I tried but still no go. I'm a better carver than IT expert.
I've only done one serious piece, but during my 70+ hours at classes I picked up a fair bit of knowlege.
Yogi

Hi all,
I've just read the comments with interest. I'm no expert but I was taught by a master craftsman. I love to carve in Birch. It is a beautiful white colour, fine even grain, no knots, not...

Good on you young blokes. Keep listening to your dad. You will be surprised how often in the future you will remember what your dad taught you. Great looking pen.

I dabble in many forms of woodwork-master of none. These are my first attempts. The finish is only oil and I certainly haven't gone to the nth. degree on sanding.
Yogi51878
Mine are the 5 on the...

Woohoo I finally succeeded in getting a photo onto this forum. I'm one of those old type computers I need the info PUNCHED in more than once.
Yogi

I've used this setup and haven't split any.
Yogi51877

Hi Karl,
Welcome to the forum. I loved your pens. I like the pens to be of plain pleasing lines and let the material do the talking. You do that very well. Your photo presentation also reflects...

Hay Mat88s,
I'm not saying your photos are too large but I'm on dial-up and it took 1/2 an hour to download them. (a slight exaggeration) Lovely wood, nice pens. You pen turners are a bunch of...

Caitlyn and Kimberly and Mum,
As one member put it "Oh, to be young and unconstrained by conventional thinking.' That was my initial thought as well. Rules? what rules? Keep it up Girls.
Yogi

Hey Major don't Panic,
My son, in Brisbane, owns a screenprinting business called Think Ink. They will print on anything. If you are interested give them a call. Mentioning my name may help:U ...

Hi all,
My life is a little hectic at the moment, so no pens. I love reading your happy banter. If I was a horder of offcuts before I'm incurable now. If big is beautiful small is beautifuller....

Thanks all. Must go downstairs and start cutting.
Bye, Yogi

Being a novice woodturner I need to know what are the most practical sizes for a variety of turning projects, not just pens? Pens, I have only used one size pen kits. Is there a variety of blank...

About 1/4 cubic metre of various sizes from 200x50s to itzy bitzy, teeny weeny pen blanks. I'm cutting up a short thick trunk and getting the most out of it that I can. I may have to sacrifice some...

That's it, Gil. I had heard it before but I'd forgotten.
Thanks Mate.
Yogi
Toni, I'd hoped you would read my thread.
cya

Sorry about the typo on the title.
Whereabouts in Finland do you live? Do you want to make contact?
Jouko/Yogi

Hi pen-pals,
I'm in the last 10 days before I leave Finland to come home to Brisbane. I've come across a special type of wood. It's a curly birch but it has heaps of dark squiggles in it. The...

Madness is right. I was always loathe to throw away any pieces of timber. Now the legal limit is down to about 15x15x1 mm(sorry about that, about 1/2"x1/2"x1/16"). I'm hooked. I've cut and glued...

Scunbag I'm not, but I'll reply anyway. It's sad, so sad. Take Christ out of Christmas and all you have is another excuse for a party. Find a different reason/season to get drunk. You didn't ruin...

Nice pen Mate,
I've made 7 pens so far, all different. Some people like the ones that I thought, too this or too that. It's all a matter of taste, that's all. If we found the ideal shape. ...

Ah, Drylube. How well I remember. My tools will never rust. My drylube melted in my toolbox and covered all my tools. Get the hint. It melts.
Cheers,
Yogi

Hi penpals,
I was looking for a thread in which to say I have just completed a pen turning course and I have made 5 pens so far. I tried 5 different woods and designs. Myfavourite is a Curly Birch...

Hi Toni and you other pen-addicts,
I'm going to be off-air 'til about the 12th Dec. ( I'm going to visit some Cousins ) but I have enrolled in a pen turning course on 15/16 Dec. I am also going to...

Hi Amos,
I've just spent at least 1/2 hour trying to reply and add some photos. :mad: In the end my computer locked up out of frustration from trying to follow my logic and I lost the lot. ...

Hi all,
Thanks for the positive feedback. I did read directions about a week ago on how to reduce the number of pixels to get the photo size small enough to post but due to the volume of new...

Hi pen pals,
I've never turned a pen, or much else for that matter, but I love the passion in your letters. I read with disgust the battering you got from fellow woodworkers on this forum. I'm...

Hi Pete,
Regrets, I have a few. One of them was a house in Buderim with TWO large sheds in the backyard. I wasn't in a position to buy it at the time. As I live in Brisbane I know the area well. ...

Thanks Mate,
You're a Legend. Speaking of legends, I hope you aren't too upset about a Foreigner using the name of one of your National Icons as a Nickname but Aussies can't say Jouko so I ended up...

Hi Joe,
Yes, Joe the photos that I saw were from 2005 because the 2006 ones hadn't been updated yet. In answer to you Question about Finnish and English. I was born in Finland and live in...

Why don't people reply to queries? I sent an email to the director of the site that same evening and still haven't received a reply.
Yogi

Hi fellas,
I just came back from a woodmachine expo in Finland. They also had a display of fine woodwork. Try www.puuseppamestarit.fi This really is one word in Finnish.
I just tried to find the...

Great bowls of fire. Sorry Mate, I got my Bowls on the desktop but couldn't attach them. Probably too large anyway.
Yogi:o

Hughie, No advice. It looks beautiful to me. I just turned my second bowl from some English timber, reasonably dark and hard by European standards. I oiled them with a liquid beeswax. They look...

Chris' challenge got me thinking. I read it yesterday, thought it through, and started. I started with a 100mm cube of oak. I thought it was birch. I think the oak was a bit too hard. I marked...

Al, There's sooo much to learn. Firstly there's the language, like nothing else on earth. Then there's the sense of humour, Mate, you'll need another 45 years to handle this lot.:confused: Stick with...

Thanks KevM,
It was Bernie Tarr's handiwork. I am seriously considering getting one carved but I haven't paid that much for a car. - Only joking - about the car of course.
Yogi

Thanks Kev,
I'll follow-up and get back to you.
Yogi

Hi Ashore,
It's certainly not the one I saw but I agree It's a work of art. I've contacted Wolf and he can make one for me but I fly out in about 5 weeks. oh well !!! I think it's time I went to...

As I said in the title, Thank you fellas for your replies. Thanks for the geography lesson as well. I'm flat out remembering what I saw and where I saw it yesterday let alone 6 years ago ( or was it...

When I went to Tassie about 6 Years ago I visited many woodworking galleries. In one of them I saw a beautiful model of a woodworkers workshop complete with an array of old hand tools on the walls...

Where have I been?

Hi fellas,

If you stare at one spot the headache stops.

Bazz,
How do I get this on my e-mail so I can forward it?
Yogi