Looks like I will attempt to be a wood turner!

Well after we built the pen last week for Terri and talking to the Chief, we decided to invest in a lathe and all of the pen turning equipment involved to try and do it ourselves. Not saying I will be seeming much but at least for now I will be playing with it. The one good part about being where we are is the availability of good olive wood form the holy land to use, so I have put out a few feelers to find me some wood that I will be able maybe use next year (need to give it time to age and dry).

I really love the look of olive wood, and with the closeness of the Holy Land most of the pen kits I bought to build have a religious theme such as Celtic crosses and the such. I am hoping to be able to work on goblets and beer tankards eventually, Chief says it is not to hard but I have only turned one pen so far and had alot of help with that!!! Spent a good part of my holiday weekend watching you tube videos of all kinds of turning and the more I see it the more I think I can do it. I know I need some kind of hobby to get through the long Minnesota winters and this should do it!

According to the kids the members of the Mn family they have talked to think it is a good idea, with the amount of woodland out there on the farm I should also be able to find some good things to turn without having to spend a lot of money on ready made blanks when we do retire to the farm. Well that is a little for now, will post pics when things start to arrive and start to try it out!

Hope every one is doing well and if anyone has any experience with this please let me know!!!

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