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Today i aquired a number of these pen kits with just this drawing sheet (below) i have searched the internet to find what bushings to use and other information but to no avail, has anyone seen or made this pen? If so can you please share your knowledge. :wink:

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Yorkie.

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I have never made a white pen like that...

seriously though, I do not see a picture.


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Now I see it, but never seen that pen type before.
 
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Hi Yorkie, welcome to IAP.
The part number is the big clue that you got those kits from Craft Supplies UK ( or one of their re-sellers)
I doubt that they even made bushes for these, but could be wrong.
CSUK should change their name to SUCK.
You may have to measure and make your own or turn it just between centres.
Good luck:biggrin:
 
Thanks for the replies guys, i checked out the SUCK site skip and found this Secret Pen and your right "Turned between Cone Centers" thou not sure wht this means just yet as i just learnt to turn with a mandrel .. :tongue:

Need to do more searching, i do more searching than pen turning of late .. :confused:
 
Hey Yorkie,
as bettyt4420, check out the woodcraft site. It look very similar to the Retro and they have bushings/instructions there. If you can measure the points that touch the wood, next time i'm in woodcraft, i could measure their bushings to see if it is indeed the same. Let me know :)

Woodcraft Retro
 
It looks somewhat like the PK-EXEC (Executive) pen, except the top does not come off as the transmission holds it on. I wish John's web link showed a better picture. I did not find anything on a Google search.
 
chuybregts said:
Hey Yorkie,
as bettyt4420, check out the woodcraft site. It look very similar to the Retro and they have bushings/instructions there. If you can measure the points that touch the wood, next time i'm in woodcraft, i could measure their bushings to see if it is indeed the same. Let me know :)

Woodcraft Retro
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Thanks for the offer chuybregts, but the Retro bushings i already have and they are all the same size (4 of them) when i bought these sets i thought of this pen .. :rolleyes:


I bought 12 of these sets, i should have guessed there was something fishy as i got them less than half the price which was on the price tabs .. :cool:
 
retro bushings

the retro has two short barrels, thus four bushings. you need only use two bushings for your kit. when i make the retro i leave the center band out. i glue the tubes in from both ends, make sure there is no glue in the center of the blank, turn, finish.
 
Thanks Darley, that is a big help .. :good:

bettyt44720 said:
the retro has two short barrels, thus four bushings. you need only use two bushings for your kit. when i make the retro i leave the center band out. i glue the tubes in from both ends, make sure there is no glue in the center of the blank, turn, finish.
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Thanks for the tip Betty .. .:good:
 
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That's a Rizheng kit. Their part number for the bushings is RZ-47#Bushing. I don't know much about this kit, so I have no clue if the bushings from another kit would work.
 
WoodWrite said:
It looks somewhat like the PK-EXEC (Executive) pen, except the top does not come off as the transmission holds it on. I wish John's web link showed a better picture. I did not find anything on a Google search.
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I thought the same thing. The Executive using a 3/8" tube (0.375"). 9 mm is approximately 0.354". I wonder how much difference 0.021" would make in the turning?

Another thought: Contact Johnnycnc with the measurments. He might make you some.
 
THarvey said:
I thought the same thing. The Executive using a 3/8" tube (0.375"). 9 mm is approximately 0.354". I wonder how much difference 0.021" would make in the turning?

Another thought: Contact Johnnycnc with the measurments. He might make you some.
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The problem is, a 0.375" tube isn't going to fit in a 0.354" hole. Therefore, these are not compatible kits.

Also, I'm nearly certain that the 'Secret Top' uses a cross refill, while the Exec uses a parker.
 
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Seems to me that if you are using a mandrel, you only need to find any bushings that will fit snuggly in whatever the tube is for that pen. Once you have a bushing that fits in the hole, you simply turn the outside diameter using calipers to match the corresponding parts. Turning between cones, is turning between centers. You just mount a 60" center in the drive side and a 60 live center in the tail, instert the tubed blank between the two and spin carefully and lightly because if you tighten the tail too much you will expand the tube causing it to break the pen. Either method though relies on the same thing, calipers to measure the end of the blank to the coressponding kit part. If you have some corian laying around, you can drill a 1/4" hole in it and mount that on your mandrel. Use a parting tool to make your own bushings out of the corian...again by using calipers of course. Then you can use those bushings on the rest of the kits..just be sure and not sand or chisel your corian bushings once they are made to size or they will obviously become undersized.
 
workinforwood said:
Seems to me that if you are using a mandrel, you only need to find any bushings that will fit snuggly in whatever the tube is for that pen. Once you have a bushing that fits in the hole, you simply turn the outside diameter using calipers to match the corresponding parts. Turning between cones, is turning between centers. You just mount a 60" center in the drive side and a 60 live center in the tail, instert the tubed blank between the two and spin carefully and lightly because if you tighten the tail too much you will expand the tube causing it to break the pen. Either method though relies on the same thing, calipers to measure the end of the blank to the coressponding kit part. If you have some corian laying around, you can drill a 1/4" hole in it and mount that on your mandrel. Use a parting tool to make your own bushings out of the corian...again by using calipers of course. Then you can use those bushings on the rest of the kits..just be sure and not sand or chisel your corian bushings once they are made to size or they will obviously become undersized.
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Thanks workinforwood, this is in my kind of language, very clear and easy to understand... :good:
 
Yorkie, That is a Rizheng kit, $2.60 each. You can see it here http://www.penkits.com.cn/login.asp Part # is RZ-47. I have included a user name and password if you want to check it out. Gold is the only finish available.Way bigger than a Retro, its about the size of a Sierra. The bushings are 94 cents plus airfare from CHINA :O

User = Guest
Password = 222333
 

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greeneyedblackcat said:
Yorkie, That is a Rizheng kit, $2.60 each. You can see it here http://www.penkits.com.cn/login.asp Part # is RZ-47. I have included a user name and password if you want to check it out. Gold is the only finish available.Way bigger than a Retro, its about the size of a Sierra. The bushings are 94 cents plus airfare from CHINA :O

User = Guest
Password = 222333
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Somnetimes, when I'm reading through threads, I accidently don't realize that 1) the thread is more than one page long or 2) the question had already been answered several days prior.

Then I get embarrassed when I notice my mistake.
 
sbell111 said:
Somnetimes, when I'm reading through threads, I accidently don't realize that 1) the thread is more than one page long or 2) the question had already been answered several days prior.

Then I get embarrassed when I notice my mistake.
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That's Funny, I don't recall anyone actually giving up the website plus a user name and password previously in this thread :)
 
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