Pen Press (updated)

[assembler]

Let this jig free up one of your hands for a more controlled assembly. The drilling jig you use to hold your blanks, will hold this jig and can be any setup you have. There is no ballancing act here.

The following photos show the basic idea...

The parts:

Tube Support

Plunger

Tip Support




How they are used:

Place turned pen on tube support. This holds the part in place for pressing parts without a ballancing act. You need one of these for each tube size. The post on the tube support needs to be just a hair (technical term) under size of the tube, to allow the tube to be supported without any movement.

The jig holds the tube, while one hand holds the part being pressed, the other hand turns drill press wheel pressing part in place.

The tip support holds tube so you can press in the transmission, there is a tappered hole that holds the tip in the HD plastic.

Pressing the clip in place. Look ma "no hands!"

The idea for this jig is for personal use only. Any reproduction for resale without permission is strickly forbidden.

 

[Dario]

Nice setup!

I use something similar but not as fancy as yours. I use a cheap "puncher" with a mechanism similar to that of a drill press. Can't recall now if it was from HF or Grizzly.

 

[assembler]

Nothing really fancy here, just HD plastic with rods the same size as the ID of the tubes. Most of us have this stuff laying around that we use for other jigs.

Just mount the plunger in your DP and place the piece with the rod that holds your turning secure and straight (in whatever vise you use) until you press in your parts. This allows assembly without over handling the piece that we spend so much of our time finishing.

Make sure the rod fits snug so there is "no" movement.

 

[penbros]

I use a pump clamp. It cost me $4.[]