<h2>Grandpa Shows Us How to Turn Custom Pens on a Lathe</h2>

<p>Warning: this show is kind of long, even though I cut out about half of the original raw audio. While my parents were visiting during the holidays, my dad taught me, the wife, and the kids how to turn pens on his mini lathe. We made a few mechanical pencils, a pen and I also made a giant workshop pencil. Click on the image below to look at the gallery of photos on Flickr. </p>

<p><a data-flickr-embed="true"  href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/137675441@N05/albums/72157662263915159" title="Pen Turning"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5660/23768140150_0d10ecd6db_z.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Pen Turning"></a><script async src="https://embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>

<p>[my wife's lovely mechanical pencil]</p>

<h2>Links</h2>

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskqVXsCx">Photo Slideshow of our pen making</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.pennstateind.com/">Penn State Industries | Pen Turning | Pen Kits</a></li>
	<li>My dad's lathe: <a href="https://www.cpojettools.com/jet-708375vs-10-in--x-14-in--1-2-hp-variable-speed-indexing-mini-lathe/jetn708375vs,default,pd.html?start=4&q=1014">JET JML-1014VSI 10 in. x 14 in. 1/2 HP Variable Speed Indexing Mini Lathe</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.pennstateind.com/store/PENPRESS4.html">Spring Loaded Heavy-Duty Pen Assembly Press</a></li>
	<li>My Cousin's online pen store: <a href="https://robertkulpcreations.storenvy.com/">Robert Kulp Creations</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Credits</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Music bumpers are from Kimiko Ishizaka's <em>The Open Goldberg Variations</em>: <a href="https://www.opengoldbergvariations.org/">https://www.opengoldbergvariations.org/</a>, used by permission of their <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication license</a>.</li>
</ul>
