bushings

Howdy! So I turned an epoxy blank from PSI that was pre-drilled and had a brass tube installed. However, the bushings did not fit nicely inside like normal. It seemed the brass tube was too small. I insured the sizes were all correct, they were, and decided to use the lathe to crank the...

The ID on the Classica bushings I was using had too much clearance on my pen mandrel. That caused a slightly out-of-round barrel unless I rotated the blank 180 degrees before final shaping. I fixed the problem by inserting a piece of 0.001" brass shim stock inside the bushing hole. This resulted...

18 total pen kits, a few extra tubes, bushing set. What you see is what you get. 5 gold rollerball, 4 chrome rollerball, 5 platinums and 4 gold ball points. $90 shipped USPS flat rate Conus. Paypal.

I'm new to pen turning and thrilled to find this group! I stumbled across it while looking for cross references for bushings. I'm going to do some poking around the site for a cross reference but if anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

I have some pens for the juried museum showcase mentioned in another thread. Some of the pens are without bushings so I had to learn real fast. Had some spacers and turned them down put them on a mandrel with the Slimline bushing between them as a guide along with calipers plus fitting to the...

FYI - Confusing but...The Rockler Manhattan Elegant kit #46997 is the same as the Rockler Sierra Vista kit with bushings measuring .551 & .523 In the app the instructions for the Manhattan Elegant are a copy of the regular Manhattan kit #47863. The regular Manhattan takes the same bushings...

I have the app and lists but I am wondering if there is a published cross-reference of which kits use the same bushings (if that makes sense). In other words, now that I have amassed over 20 bushing sets I am wondering if there is a list of pen kits that all take the same size bushing. If I...

I found on this forum a document called "Pen Kit Bushings and Tubes" It lists pen kit suppliers, part numbers, bushing and tubes sizes. It is a great document and was created by W Racinowski back in 2010 but is not complete. I can't locate a current or completed document. Does anyone know...

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the Gatsby and Sierra pen kits.Do they take the same bushings?Which is the best kit and also the best seller?

Being a relatively new pen turner I am collecting quite a few different sets of bushings. I was looking for ideas or tips on how fellow turners organize or store their sets of bushing?

I was wondering if anyone had compiled a list of bushing sizes across the different brands for he same type pen kits? I.e. Monet & Gatsby.. I purchase the same pens (with different names) from diffrent suppliers but don't want to buy (or keep track of) multiple sets of bushings. And, before...

I have seen mention of the fact that Berea Cambridge bushings will not work with the Timberbits Roman Harvest version of that kit .... Can anyone confirm that, one way or the other? :confused: I have a couple RH fountain pens ordered and ASSumed I could use my existing bushings. :frown...

because this worked so well last time..... i am wondering if anyone can tell me the dimensions of the bushings for the gear shift stopper from PSI? thanks

Newbie here, but I've done about 10 CA finishes so far. I haven't yet tried the BLO step, but I will. Instead, I've used a spray accelerator. My question, when removing the bushings from the completed blank (with the CA finish applied) it is necessary to "break" the bushings off of the...

Hi: Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place. Not totally familiar with the forum software yet and the protocol. Anyway, I got a set of five (5) bushings to go with a pencil kit for a Lee Valley Half Twist pencil and can't figure out the configuration/sequence for the 5 bushings. Have...