[Woodworkers] Pen stuff

[Steve Bigelow]

Back when I was making a ton of pens (I had over 1500 kits at one point), I
stopped using bushings and started "turning between centers". Once you do
it a few times, it gets easy.

Use a 60 degree cone drive, and use a 60 degree cone on the end support.
Mount the blank in the center, and then just turn down to final diameter
using calipers. No bushings needed or required. You probably want to turn a
few more pens before you try this method, though.


Regards,
-Steve
http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com



On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 6:46 AM Roy Shrove via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> One more thing you gotta be watchful for is the minute differences between
> manufacturers. As with most everything else, most kits are Chinese made so
> sometimes quality control, especially regarding size can be wanting. What
> Woodcraft calls a "Slimline" pen MCLS may call a "Trimline" and every other
> vendor/manufacturer calls each essentially "identical" kits something
> similar but actually minor differences but since they are from different
> manufacturers you CANNOT always rely on them being the same size.....once
> again, the cheap Harbor Freight digital Caliper to the rescue. When I was
> doing a lot of pens, I got so fed up with the minor differences that I made
> it a habit to buy two sets of mandrels from each manufacturer that I bought
> kits from. One set of mandrels were for use and one set was for "size
> verification." You'd think it would be easier to buy everything from one
> manufacturer/supplier but I found there is ALWAYS that one or two designs
> that my "go-to" vendor didn't have so I would buy from another source and
> while I was at it, I'd think...oh yeah, I'm short on "X" kit, so I will
> just restock from the 2nd vendor to save on shipping/postage. BAD IDEA...I
> can't tell you how many times I got bit by the "just a little bit
> different" variation between manufacturers.
>
> Feel free to drop me a private email if you have any questions. rshrove at
> gmail
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> R
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 7:44 PM Tom Lovelace via Woodworkers <
> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>
>> Good advice, Roy !
>> I buy discovered that the 12 kits that I ordered were  TrimLine kits and
>> NOT slimline.
>> Needless to say, the slimline bushings are a little small for these pen
>> kits.
>> O well, guess another order is upcoming.
>> Thank for the post !!
>> TomL
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Roy Shrove via Woodworkers <
>> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>>
>> As you get into Pen Turning there is another critical diameter you will
>> need to be on the watch for. The *diameter *of your mandrel bushings.
>>
>>
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