jet pen lathe ?

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I do not believe you will find one unless you can find one used. Amazon shows not currently available. I do believe they are no longer made. If you are looking for a MT 0 pen mandrel I did a quick look and did not find a source. Maybe someone else knows a source.....
 
Originally posted by Russb
<br />I do not believe you will find one unless you can find one used. Amazon shows not currently available. I do believe they are no longer made. If you are looking for a MT 0 pen mandrel I did a quick look and did not find a source. Maybe someone else knows a source.....
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Good lord I thought the limitations of a MT 1 were bad...

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Are we talking the little pen lathe that is portable? I bought mine from a seller on Ebay and am trying to find the source as it has been a year ago. I will let you know if I can find it.

Mike
 
Woodcraft sells the mandrels for pen making. They fit directly into the Jet Pen Lathe. I have purchased 3-4 mandrels and didn't know the MT until you asked the question.
 
Ok, here ya go guts. Could not find the MT0 mandrel at Woodcraft so accepted the challenge. I believe the lathe has a 3/4x16 thread. PSI sells a mandrel that will fit.

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/pkm-al.html
 
Originally posted by guts
<br />nolan,just the mandrel the lathe works fine.
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I suspect you are out of luck. Short of hoping that JET might still have some left for sale, your only option is going be to have a machinist make one for you and that is likely to be expensive.

I had a JET pen lathe and got rid of it for that very reason.

As I mentioned earlier, Grizzly used to sell a similar machine and I seem to remember seeing some other business that was selling what looked like the same lathe; but I can't remember who it was right off hand. Sorry.
 
Originally posted by Russb
<br />Ok, here ya go guts. Could not find the MT0 mandrel at Woodcraft so accepted the challenge. I believe the lathe has a 3/4x16 thread. PSI sells a mandrel that will fit.

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/pkm-al.html
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None of the stuff that Woodcraft or the other pen suppliers sell will fit an MT#0 and Bill can confirm this; but as I recall, the JPL-358 does not have a threaded spindle.
 
Here is a link to the manual
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i3d/01/A/man-migrate/MANUAL000034882.pdf


BTW I dont think people would remember but I posted a long time ago about giving mine to a new member, well that fell through and I gave it to a local friend. Long story short he isnt using it and was gonna give it back. I can see if he still has no plans for it and if so maybe I will use the lathe for a buffer and send you the mandrel. And it does have a 3/4 x 16 headstock threads.
 
I started out on a Jet pen lathe. Pretty accurate for what it is. I made some nice pens with it. Lucky i never bent the mandrel. Decided to move up to it's big brother, 1014, needed the power and most of all, the VS. Best move I ever made.
Good luck to you.
 
Parts and information on the handy Jet pen lathe can be obtained at WMH Tool Group 800 274 6848 wmhtoolgroup.com I have had extremly good luck with them. I love my JPL for what it was made for!
 
Several of you say that the mandrel that is sold by Woodcraft will not work in the Jet Pen Lathe, but I and my 30 pens that I have made in the past 18 months (along with other stuff) beg to differ. The mandrel has a screw end that screws right into the hole. Maybe we are talking about the arbor or something, but the mandrels (now on my third from Woodcraft) work great!
 
In follow up, I will say that the mandrels represented on the Woodcraft website WILL NOT fill the pen lathe. I found mine by actually going to the store in the Dallas area. They have it on a rack next to the pen kits. It may have been a special item.
 
Originally posted by aggiengr
<br />In follow up, I will say that the mandrels represented on the Woodcraft website WILL NOT fill the pen lathe. I found mine by actually going to the store in the Dallas area.....
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Your mandrel sounds a lot like the one that Russ provided a link for that PSI sells?? Perhaps you could take a look at that link and confirm or post a picture of your mandrel?? Thanks.
 
Okay folks,thanks to everyone for all your help,Russ,I think that will work,gonna go to w.c. today and see what they have,again thanks much
 
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