gdog
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Interested in doing some pen turning. Besides a lathe, what other tools could I put on Santa's wish list. I have a bench top drill press, scroll saw, miter saw and grinder. I was thinking of a bandsaw, bench type. Thanks for the input.
Bev-Originally posted by Bev Polmanteer
<br />I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a disk/belt sander! I use the disk to touch up my tools and you can use it to square the blanks. I also have a drill centering jig. Just my 2 cents worth.
Since you have the drill press a centering jig can be made to work with a drill press vice very easily.Originally posted by whatwoodido
<br />Blank centering jig is definitely a big plus to pen making. But I think you are right in having a bandsaw as next inline.
Drew
Originally posted by Bev Polmanteer
<br />I started out using a hand held drill and then went to the centering device. Now I use the centering jig all the time. I was never able to get good square ends with the sander. To me the $40 was worth it, especially for drilling. I had made a little one with a square hole out of a couple scraps of 2x4 before. Now with the jig I can center round stock and stock that is wider one way than the other too.]
I made my own too.Keep aying I'll get around to making one that holds 2 blanks.Originally posted by C_Ludwigsen
<br />Eagle, I made my own jig to hold the blanks while drilling as well. I'll spend money when I can't make a reliable AND inexpensive homemade alternative. $0.50 beats spending $50.00.