jwall459
Member
Would anyone be willing and able to make me a set of bushings for a Chinese kit I cannot get bushings for domestically?
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ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
here's how you can make your own bushings:
leehljp
Member Liaison
Making bushings of different material is not as difficult as it might seem at first. Once done, you have a new tool, actually 2 new tools - a set of bushings and the ability to make your own going forward. Making your own is a great experience in precision making. Be sure younhave a good set of calipers.
NJturner
Member
I've made them out of Delrin with pretty good success - you just need to verify your dimensions. Grainger or McMaster-Carr sells it in different diameters and length. Turns real easy.
Mortalis
Member
Or, learn to turn between centers without bushings and measure the ends as you go to match the hardware you will be inserting into the tubes. If you are making only one or two of the said pen kits this might be a better use of your time.
Or convert the metric sizes to imperial and look them up on the bushings and tube app and see if you can order them that way through Exotic Blanks or some other distributor.
Or convert the metric sizes to imperial and look them up on the bushings and tube app and see if you can order them that way through Exotic Blanks or some other distributor.
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Woodchipper
Member
I've taken to matching existing bushings with the diameter of the kit tube. I ignore the OD of the bushing and rely on ye olde calipers. I do make sure the diameter of the bushing is smaller than the needed turned OD.
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Monty
Group Buy Coordinator
I do the same thing.
Woodchipper
Member
Monty, just created a thread on this. It was odd that I have, I think five or six, sets of bushings in 10mm. Some sizes only have one set of bushings.