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Originally we had two lathes but the tailstock eccentric cam chose this time to break

Don Ward, next up, prepares his materials

While Don preps his stuff, Dave assembles his pen

Don starts into the timed portion of the event

After turning them round, he removes the center spacer to turn them as a matched set

With only one turner at a time, the audience gets a better chance to watch

Don finishes the sanding in preparation for his finish

The magic potion for his finish in a small transportable container

After finishing up, Don assembles his pen

We had only three finished pens that evening after Mark Gisi's came apart

In for judging are Bill Jackman's done the night before at the Rendezvous

Don Ward's entry

David Sifer's pen

Kurt Hertzog's entry

Rich Kleinhenz was at the book signing though he claims this could have been a contender

And the winner of the Paul Huffman drilling vise was Bill Jackman

Photos by Brian Gisi & Kurt Hertzog