Pen Sanding Guide- any reviews?

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Have one and have used it successfully. Took some practice, but I have a 12 inch 220 volt disc sander that tends to be agressive. I went to 220 grit to make it less grabby.

Have used both punches and pen mill guides successfully.

I tend to use a "herrell" sanding jig for final touch-up.
 
It looks like he has a Thumb Screw on the top to hold the punch. A nut could be epoxied under the u shaped clamp. This is my first time seeing this. Hope this helps Rich. RichB
 
Yup tis a thumb screw into a "V" groove -- a pretty standard technique borrowed from "v - blocks".

The transfer punch or pen mill shaft is secure.
 
:RockOn::RockOn: Richard; I have bought both the pen vice and sanding guide from Tim. They both work great. The vice is super heavy duty and easy to use. Nice thing about it is that it holds your blanks in any position and loads from an open frount. The sanding or squaring jig it a v- block of milled alum. with a thumb screw to secure the rod and blank. I use the 28 piece punch set from HF ( less than $20 ) to get the perfect fit for the brass tubes. You can clamp the holder to your miter gauge, set your rod to just short of your disk sander, and slide the blank into the disk. I find it faster to just hold the block against the miter guage by hand, otherwise you need to loosen the clamp to turn the blank around. Both items have my vote !!! I would have to check my records to be sure, but I believe Tim gave me a discount for ordering both at the same time. Jim S
 
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What is the "herrell" sanding jig? I did not know he made one?


KenV said:
Have one and have used it successfully. Took some practice, but I have a 12 inch 220 volt disc sander that tends to be agressive. I went to 220 grit to make it less grabby.

Have used both punches and pen mill guides successfully.

I tend to use a "herrell" sanding jig for final touch-up.
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plantman said:
:RockOn::RockOn: Richard; I have bought both the pen vice and sanding guide from Tim. They both work great. The vice is super heavy duty and easy to use. Nice thing about it is that it holds your blanks in any position and loads from an open frount. The sanding or squaring jig it a v- block of milled alum. with a thumb screw to secure the rod and blank. I use the 28 piece punch set from HF ( less than $20 ) to get the perfect fit for the brass tubes. You can clamp the holder to your miter gauge, set your rod to just short of your disk sander, and slide the blank into the disk. I find it faster to just hold the block against the miter guage by hand, otherwise you need to loosen the clamp to turn the blank around. Both items have my vote !!! I would have to check my records to be sure, but I believe Tim gave me a discount for ordering both at the same time. Jim S
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Thanks Jim. I drill on my lathe but I think I'll get the sanding guide.
 
brownsfn2 said:
What is the "herrell" sanding jig? I did not know he made one?


KenV said:
Have one and have used it successfully. Took some practice, but I have a 12 inch 220 volt disc sander that tends to be agressive. I went to 220 grit to make it less grabby.

Have used both punches and pen mill guides successfully.

I tend to use a "herrell" sanding jig for final touch-up.
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Rick's sanding mill works great. I use it for the final touch up prior to assembly.
I use it by hand.
 
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