jbg230
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It's hard to compare mattresses from one store to another since, even though it may be the same mattress from one to store to another, the model numbers and names differ. It seems that way with pen kit bushings also. Sure, one vendor may name their pen differently than another, but at least you can tell the pens are the same, just by looking at them. But if the item numbers of the bushings are different from one vendor to another, how do you know if you need to buy another set of bushings since you may already own them under a different item #. One set of bushings may be the same for a few different pen kits.
The tables that Wayne authored in the Reference section are fantastic, but it still takes a lot of cross referencing to figure out if you already have a set of bushings for a new kit you want to get. Is there any reference table that shows this kind of overlap?
An example is Woodturningz Eclipse pen kit. The required bushings are listed as item # PKCPEXPRBU. I think this is the same set of bushings for the PSI Falcon pen AND the .30 Cal bullet pen. PSI lists this item # as PKCP3000BU.
Have I just realized the madness of pen turning parts? This is worse than plumbing parts.
Oh, and btw, Wayne's chart lists the Eclipse pen bushing as having an inner diameter of 0.345 and the Woodturningz instruction sheet for this pen shows the diagram of the bushing as 0.344.
What's worse is that Woodturningz states that their Eclipse bushings are the same for their .30 cal bullet pen too, yet the Woodturningz .30 cal bullet instruction sheet shows the same PKCPEXPRBU bushing set with an inner diameter 0.342! The outer diameter is also off 0.001 compared to the Eclipse.
I own PSI's Falcon/.30 cal bushings. If it truly is 0.001" off as compared to the Woodturningz bushings, would it matter?
The tables that Wayne authored in the Reference section are fantastic, but it still takes a lot of cross referencing to figure out if you already have a set of bushings for a new kit you want to get. Is there any reference table that shows this kind of overlap?
An example is Woodturningz Eclipse pen kit. The required bushings are listed as item # PKCPEXPRBU. I think this is the same set of bushings for the PSI Falcon pen AND the .30 Cal bullet pen. PSI lists this item # as PKCP3000BU.
Have I just realized the madness of pen turning parts? This is worse than plumbing parts.
Oh, and btw, Wayne's chart lists the Eclipse pen bushing as having an inner diameter of 0.345 and the Woodturningz instruction sheet for this pen shows the diagram of the bushing as 0.344.
What's worse is that Woodturningz states that their Eclipse bushings are the same for their .30 cal bullet pen too, yet the Woodturningz .30 cal bullet instruction sheet shows the same PKCPEXPRBU bushing set with an inner diameter 0.342! The outer diameter is also off 0.001 compared to the Eclipse.
I own PSI's Falcon/.30 cal bushings. If it truly is 0.001" off as compared to the Woodturningz bushings, would it matter?
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