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Newton Pens Scholarship and… flex?

Well, the scholarship money has been transferred to the school and all the applications have come in. I’m going to spend this week with the other teachers reading through them all and picking the 2 or 4 most deserving. There…

Cleaning the shop

So my giant metal lathe will be here Wednesday afternoon, and I just got finished cleaning up in the shop.  Sunday afternoon and then a few more hours tonight.  It took forever to put all those blanks back up there…

Fountain Pen Community Winner

I just got word that… The winner of This Year’s Pen Drawing is: Ticket #1006 Erick F (efchem)! Erick wins the Newton Custom Pen! Congrats to Erick! We appreciate everyone’s contribution, and involvement! Shawn will work with Erick on the…

Drawings tonight!!

Tonight’s the night!  If you want to get in on this Newton Pen then do so before 9pm central US time.  That gives  you 11 hours! I’ll make an announcement tonight.  🙂 And don’t forget the drawing at The Fountain…

Painful lesson.

Cleaning plastic junk away from the tool rest is not important.  For over a year I’ve been brushing away bits of plastic junk with my finger.  This morning my finger got cut. Caught between the turning blank and the tool…