underdog
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Do the pen blanks get a tube inserted inside like normal pen kits? Or is the wood unsupported? Not sure I'm getting this. I looked at the tutorial recently posted, but saw nothing that informed me about this.
Originally posted by underdog
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Do the pen blanks get a tube inserted inside like normal pen kits? Or is the wood unsupported? Not sure I'm getting this. I looked at the tutorial recently posted, but saw nothing that informed me about this.
Originally posted by DocRon
<br />I used the method without the aluminum barrel, and I drilled with a 23/64 bit (solved the problem I had the other day, thanx to some advice from here). Here is a quick-and-dirty photo of the first one, made from spalted maple. The clip is not showing, but it is there. Man, these are CHEAP components, but still fun.[] Made the bushings to fit from some acrylic cut-offs I had.
Heheh.... El Cheapo for sure!
... but, like I said before, this is going to help me out on all those give-away pens...
"Ooohh.. can I have a pen?"
"Sure... here ya go [] "
Originally posted by underdog
<br />Ok.. another question after I destroyed one of these this evening.
I'm missing something on how to mount it to the mandrel shaft. I can get the lower barrel on the mandrel (after I ream it slightly with a 1/4 inch bit) and cut off the collar. That's no prob.
(Of course I realized that the upper barrel stays as is after cutting that tab off. I realized that after I reamed it out to 1/4 also. Suddenly the clicker no longer works.. OOPS![])
So now I realize that the blank gets drilled out to 23/64 which in turn will fit over the barrels, but then how to mount the blank to the 1/4 shaft for turning?
Must be in those bushings you guys mentioned. I'm unfamiliar with pen turning and so know abs. nothing about the bushing sizes...
What's to do now? I have a mandrel with some bushings, but I think they're for standard pens..
Can I just make my own bushings for mounting the blank on? Drill 1/4 in hole in the bushing blank, mount on mandrel, cut/step down to 23/64, cut the higher part to match the lower nib, cut/step down to make a matching bushing for the upper part, and then part off?
Originally posted by underdog
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Well there it is after trying to upload photos to a non-existent album.
Cherry, with conversion varnish, wiped on. Walmart Pen Kit.
Only took me three tries to get this pen right. First "kit" I drilled out the upper barrel and wiped out the clicky mechanism. I also didn't realize that I'd cut off the wrong collar on the lower barrel, until I went to take apart the second kit. Unfortunately I realised just a tad too late I'd done it again on the second kit...
Third times the charm I guess.
Don't be too hard on me though, I'm working with a bent mandrel, I made my own bushings out of a hard exotic, and it's my first pen, ever.