Finally getting set up in the world of pen turning
I find myself with an odd issue, and looking through the forums here I see a few things I've tried but still no good
To save shop space the wife ended up me getting Jacobs drill chuck for the lathe to drill blanks based on the recommendation of the Rockler staff and local turning club
Combined with the Nova G3 lite jig with pen jaws I figured I would be all set and wouldn't need a drill press
That said the drill bit and barrel trimmer oscillated as I try to drill into a blank for the tube hole that's not a huge deal
But for the barrel trimmer (she ended up getting "sold" the woodpecker ultra shear set) it has shattered/chunked out my blanks depending if its acrylic/wood
Thinking the chuck and end stock wasn't aligned I bought an alignment bar and its super level
For my wood pens, I can just chuck the blank up and spin by hand for the pen mill, it's crazy sharp but can't do that with acrylics
Not sure what could be causing the bounce and unalignment as the blank spins, so looking for some direction that I may not be thinking of
I do know from forum diving barrel trimmers seem to be in two camps (love em, ditched them lol) and have seen the sanding jig
That said I can't justify buying anything else right now, lathe, nova lathes, hand tools, woodpecker pen mandrel, wood peck ultra-shear, and a tormek T-8 sharpener on the way, my wife's surprise present (she was so happy she got the lathe for 600) is costing us a few thousand bucks…Luckily I got her to stop adding onto the lathe "bundle" gift, but that means a sanding jig/drill press will need to wait
So hoping the experts have some tricks that can help me use what I have to get some acrylic blanks spun up
As always thanks for all the responses
I find myself with an odd issue, and looking through the forums here I see a few things I've tried but still no good
To save shop space the wife ended up me getting Jacobs drill chuck for the lathe to drill blanks based on the recommendation of the Rockler staff and local turning club
Combined with the Nova G3 lite jig with pen jaws I figured I would be all set and wouldn't need a drill press
That said the drill bit and barrel trimmer oscillated as I try to drill into a blank for the tube hole that's not a huge deal
But for the barrel trimmer (she ended up getting "sold" the woodpecker ultra shear set) it has shattered/chunked out my blanks depending if its acrylic/wood
Thinking the chuck and end stock wasn't aligned I bought an alignment bar and its super level
For my wood pens, I can just chuck the blank up and spin by hand for the pen mill, it's crazy sharp but can't do that with acrylics
Not sure what could be causing the bounce and unalignment as the blank spins, so looking for some direction that I may not be thinking of
I do know from forum diving barrel trimmers seem to be in two camps (love em, ditched them lol) and have seen the sanding jig
That said I can't justify buying anything else right now, lathe, nova lathes, hand tools, woodpecker pen mandrel, wood peck ultra-shear, and a tormek T-8 sharpener on the way, my wife's surprise present (she was so happy she got the lathe for 600) is costing us a few thousand bucks…Luckily I got her to stop adding onto the lathe "bundle" gift, but that means a sanding jig/drill press will need to wait
So hoping the experts have some tricks that can help me use what I have to get some acrylic blanks spun up
As always thanks for all the responses