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Turning with Marcel van Berkel
It’s been a while, but during our holiday on Terschelling (2010) I had the pleasure of a few rainy days. It gave me the opportunity to learn from Marcel van Berkel. We made two bowls together during the three rainy days. He taught me a few new techniques during the turning of the bowls, but also how to finish the project afterwards.
One of the bowls still needs a finishing touch, the other one we’ve polished with Danish oil. After a few very useful lessons I gave Marcel a few pens and in return he gave me a piece of laburnum. I already made a few great pens with the laburnum wood.
First time on the new lathe
With the workshop completely in order, it was time to give the new lathe a test run.
The first pen I made on my new lathe (the NOVA DVR XP made by Teknatool) is a one made of laburnumwood.
The new lathe, while making the first pen.
Of course I made more than one. This one is made of zebranowood with a Fancy Pen Kit Satin Chrome.
New photo’s
The new photo page is online. There you can find examples of pens and other work. The page will, of course, be updated regularly with new work.
To give you a little sneak peek of what you can expect: here are a few, better photo’s of my new workshop and the new lathe.
New site
After moving to a bigger house, getting a bigger workshop and installing a new lathe, it was also time to give houtenpennen.nl a new look.
In the following weeks you can expect more blogposts, more photos and other interesting things.
New workshop
It took some time, but my new workshop is finished! It is transformed from a draughty garage with a temperature of -10 degree Celsius to a cozy workshop.
All the walls needed to be isolated and the sockets needed to be replaced. We also placed a few extra so nothing can short-circuit.
When everything else was done, it was time to build the new lathe and put it in its place. So from now on you can order pens again.
