CLOSED END PEN HELP

[vantoo]

Hello, I would like to turn a closed end pen and not sure how to hold the blank. Might be a stupid question, but I am new at this pen turning....help me out here please....thanks, Rick

 

[shawn394]

There is a tutorial on the front page about making an O-ring pin chuck, and if you want to buy a closed end chuck Arizona Silhouette has several different sizes for different pen kits. http://arizonasilhouette.com/Closed_End_Pen_Mandrel.htm
Good luck

 

[its_virgil]

Read the two closed end pen articles on my website. the articles tell how to hold the blank without using expensive mandrels. I even show a way to make homemade jam chucks and how to use your standard mandrel to make them. You don't need any thing but your 7mm mandrel. I make'em that way all of the time. Enjoy. The articles can be found at http://www.RedRiverPens.com/articles
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Originally posted by shawn394

There is a tutorial on the front page about making an O-ring pin chuck, and if you want to buy a closed end chuck Arizona Silhouette has several different sizes for different pen kits. http://arizonasilhouette.com/Closed_End_Pen_Mandrel.htm
Good luck

 

[Ligget]

Welcome to the group Rick!

 

[vantoo]

thanks guys, that gives me some ideas and thanks for the welcome...I am now officially addicted...[^]

 

[marionquill]

I tried Don's jam chuck using the mandrel and it worked out nicely [8D] -- however, for as much as I thought I was paying attention, minding every p and q and dotting every I crossing all the T's, I ended up using the wrong drill bit and ruined a very nice Thuya burl [B)] (used the cap end darn-it) So then decided I had it down and used a very nice piece of Desert Iron Wood, but I drilled it on the lathe and it was a bit off center or the blank was a bit small...ruined that one too [B)] So now I've got Cocobolo on there and it's turning nicely...should be done later today Thanks Don for writing that, the picture was worth a thousand words!

Jason