I admit to not being much of a turner, but I wanted to do a little fancier pen turning and I found that my regular pen mandrel that I was using for the 7mm pens was just not working for me. I wanted to turn just the glue-up between centers. I split a mandrel leaving about 3/4" on each end for insertion into the brass cylinder. The combination seems to work well for me. I am sure others have used this setup or one that works better. Pics of the modified mandrel, glue-up and pens for comment.
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terrydowning
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Can't argue with the results.
For Turning tubes between centers, I made a 60 degree dead center out of oms maple scrap I had. Making a new on out of some acetal (delrin) I came across. I'll post photos of my setup when done.
I use my collet chuck to hold the dead center.
For Turning tubes between centers, I made a 60 degree dead center out of oms maple scrap I had. Making a new on out of some acetal (delrin) I came across. I'll post photos of my setup when done.
I use my collet chuck to hold the dead center.
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Terry
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Terry
Copy and paste the URLs into your browser if you want to see the photos.
1955 Shopsmith Mark 5 S/N 296860 Workshop and Tools
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AmpX5k8IhN7ahFCo9VvTDsCpoV_g
Public Photos of Projects
http://sdrv.ms/MaXNLX