I edited the subject line to read FULL so that people looking at the even calendar would know at a glance.
Perhaps I’ll do on in January. cheers!
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Gary, Just a friendly FYI… The area around the metal lathe is already pretty tight, which is why the classes have to be limited… I hope it works out to where you can attend one soon! :dms:
LIsa pegged it correctly. space is the concern. Plus, with more people, there are more distractions and is a good way for someone to get hurt. don’t worry, I suspect this class will come around again.
-nick
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Makes sense. That is quite helpful. If you get a chance, would you mind asking if someone in the class would video the process? If not, I’ll just keep an eye out for another class. Have fun.
Makes sense. I remember during the lathe class having to stand at the back and look over shoulders. I was just hoping to be able to use a selfie stick or something and video the process. No worries, and thanks for the reply.
Looks like an awesome project. Hope you guys have fun.
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I took the class last night. Nick did a great job and kept everyone included in the process.
Thanks again Nick!
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@nicksilva, I really appreciate you taking the time to teach this class and show us more about the lathe and machine shop. I love my new pen, thank you!
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Thanks @nicksilva for teaching this class. I really enjoy project based classes because it makes the tooling skills seem tangible. I can’t wait to finish out my own pen.
Post pictures if you can. Sounded great.
There are some (well, at least 1) pics here, and it would be a great place to post more, since people come looking here for the things done by 'Spacepeople…
EDIT: PS there are several wooden pens in the blog and show&tell threads, too, many of which I believe were the result of @nicksilva teaching pen turning in wood. The expansion to metal is AWESOME!
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I’m away from home and can’t post pictures from my phone. I have a picture of our other pen winner from the death match of rock-paper-scissors which I’ll put up Monday
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Here is @nausser915 who was the sole survivor of the rock-paper-scissors death match for the pen from the metal pen making class. I may need to do it again in January to make sure everyone who wanted in can get a class. Let me know the interest.
-nick
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I’m definitely interested. I make wooden pens and love doing it. I took the metal lathe class and I think I’d like to make a few metal pens, too. Please schedule another class.
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@nicksilva ~ I want to thank you for doing these classes! Not only did I learn how to do more things with the metal lathe - including but not limited to learning how to turn a metal pen on it; but, I also learned very important differences in the processes of turning a wooden pen on the wood lathe vs turning a metal pen on the metal lathe! I would strongly recommend that anyone interested in turning metal pens try to make it to one of his classes - even if you already know how to turn a wooden pen! Thanks again Nick! :dms: 
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i can’t take that credit. We’ve got other teachers that have the wood ones covered. good job guys!
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Nick, Another metal pen turning class would be awesome. Please don’t run it on Thursday nights. Thank you in advance.
Thanks,
Thomas
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considering how fast they’re filling up, I’ll certainly do another. Unfortunately, I start classes on the 16th which will be Mon, Weds, Saturdays. So I’ll have to try to fit it in on one of the alternate days which is likely a Friday. Cheers!
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Sounds great! I look forward to it.
If you could schedule a few out in advance all at once that would be ideal. I can’t seem to snag a spot! I need a bigger pool of chances it seems! 
Great class tonight! I even won a pen at the end!
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