My first pen...
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cutncreatewoodsmithing
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Congratulations! Welcome to our crazy little addiction. Pen looks great
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mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
Very nice, I'm glad the box got there last night. Hopefully it was useful.
Jim15
Member
Good looking pen.
Thanks everyone...
Mark, everyone did ok and we didn't wind up needing to replace a blank...I will say though, there were some very nice looking blanks in that box and I can't wait until I get a lathe worthy of turning them with...I did go to the hardwood store and picked up a beautiful piece of Pecan scrap for next to nothing...I can't wait to see something turned out of it as well...
Are TBC Euro bushings a thing? Do most people use a mandrel for the pens that require two parts or do you turn them separately?
Mark, everyone did ok and we didn't wind up needing to replace a blank...I will say though, there were some very nice looking blanks in that box and I can't wait until I get a lathe worthy of turning them with...I did go to the hardwood store and picked up a beautiful piece of Pecan scrap for next to nothing...I can't wait to see something turned out of it as well...
Are TBC Euro bushings a thing? Do most people use a mandrel for the pens that require two parts or do you turn them separately?
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
If I have the TBC bushings for a particular kit, I will use them. Most often I use a mandrel and a mandrel saver, and only turn one section at a time. I will loosen the tailstock every now and then durning the turning (lathe off), and rotate the section and bushings slightly to even out any slight "out-of-roundness."
Thanks Mark...I noticed we had some out of round issues and I know I cleaned the headstock/tailstock MT2 tapers out really good...they were pretty dirty and I had read the post about someone having chips in there so was on the lookout for that...the mandrels we used looked to be the PSI (Hurricane) mandrel and mandrel saver...
I assume the one at a time is to keep it more towards the headstock MT2 end for mandrel stiffness and to help not bend the mandrel?
I assume the one at a time is to keep it more towards the headstock MT2 end for mandrel stiffness and to help not bend the mandrel?
Darrin
Member
Nice pen. Welcome to the addiction.
WriteON
Member
That first pen is a great start. Nice going. I use a Mandrel for every pen.... especially 2 piece kits. It's easier to keep the grain or pattern lined up. And it's more productive. However there are no rules.