I have been turning pens lately and am then able to engrave them with the Glowforge. I have also recently embarked on a journey to learn the Potawatomi language so I combined the two for some of them.
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The pen is mightier! (In my best Sean Connery)
Great woodworking!!!
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Fantastic work! What lathe are you using? Love the language learning!
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Those are great. I love it when you can mix various passions together.
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Nice! I too have been turning, but, I’m too nervous to try to engrave one haha. Yours look great!
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I just grabbed the small micro lathe from penn state industries, has been great for pen turning and the small space I have, very affordable as well. I am loving it though will upgrade to a larger one soon as I want to attempt bowls etc. My friend uses the 10" turn commander from PSI and loves it so I will probably go with something like that.
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I have had good success only one that turned out pretty bad but it was more due to the grain of the wood and trying to do an overly complex design. I have had good success at 1000 speed / 80 power for most of them, I have taken to 1000 speed / 15 power for a few.
Those turned out great.
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I have questions about the gated shifter, specifically about writing in reverse…
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Love, love, love the shifters!
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man that’s gonna bother me now
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He’s good for that. 
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I did use the ‘space pen’ ink so you can write upside down at least 
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yep - penn state is the place!
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Great! You have the turncraft commander 10 inch or the penpal?
Really nice!!
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These were done on the penpal - looking to upgrade to the turncraft commander
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