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I keep lunch meat boxes and put the kit, blank and instructions in it.

I have a couple of Nova G3 chucks and have been using them for years. One is set up with their pen jaws . I would suggest getting a...

I will take this please

Exotic Blanks has 3/8, 10mm, 10.5mm, 8mm and 12.5mm. I got my 27/64 for Sierra style pens from WoodTurningZ. Dave PS All brass tubes...

I used to buy extra tubes for any new style I added to my stash, but now I only do it if the kit uses some non-standard tube diameters...

2nd for starting with single body sierra style pens. I try to keep a few spare tubes for pens around if at all possible too. You can...

Good Morning Don.......In my need for PW information I went back 18 years into the PW Forum and read some of your comments that I really...

I am not a fan of the PSI chucks - our club used them and the failure rate is not great. Rockler has been selling a few Nova knock offs...

The negative feedback that I would give is that you can only drill pen blanks on it. But, if you get a chuck with pen blank jaws, then...

Take a look at the RESOURCES area on the forum, it lists lots of dimensions for kits. Bushing dimension lists as well. Kevin

Thanks John, Actually no segmenting involved. Just grooves cut in the blank. It does have the appearance of individual pieces though...

Thanks! I’ve been surprised that no one else (that I’ve seen) is using it for anything other than kit pens. Plus, with its hardness the...

Yeah, I agree, since as you can see the name did cause confusion even here. I've made a few of them, providing a second section to make...

Typically I use a Schmidt tip - no springs and as above, threaded into the section. Takes either a cartridge or convertor.

Keith, Not looking for anything special just needs to be dogwood. Let me know how much you want them.