First off - great site you have here - I've been reading & searching finding lots of information.
I'm just getting started in pen turning - in fact, most of my supplies are on order right now - lathe / starter kit. I have yet to turn a pen.
Question is, will the blank trimmer kit from PSI work with other vendor's pen kits? I've read that the mandrel's aren't necessarily compatible. It seems the least expensive way to get most (all?) the sizes needed for trimming.
Tooling up for each new pen kit (mandrel, bushings, drills, trimmer etc.) gets expensive fast.
As a mechanical engineer, I have to say the "industry" is doing itself a dis-service with all the proprietary standards - ie X's "A" mandrel is not compatible with Y's 7mm kits and bushings.
This is the kit I am considering: PKTRIMKIT
http://www.pennstateind.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PKTRIMKIT&Category_Code=
Is there a way to shorten urls? On other forums I've used link Didn't see anything here.
I'm just getting started in pen turning - in fact, most of my supplies are on order right now - lathe / starter kit. I have yet to turn a pen.
Question is, will the blank trimmer kit from PSI work with other vendor's pen kits? I've read that the mandrel's aren't necessarily compatible. It seems the least expensive way to get most (all?) the sizes needed for trimming.
Tooling up for each new pen kit (mandrel, bushings, drills, trimmer etc.) gets expensive fast.
As a mechanical engineer, I have to say the "industry" is doing itself a dis-service with all the proprietary standards - ie X's "A" mandrel is not compatible with Y's 7mm kits and bushings.
This is the kit I am considering: PKTRIMKIT
http://www.pennstateind.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PKTRIMKIT&Category_Code=
Is there a way to shorten urls? On other forums I've used link Didn't see anything here.