Vasco
8th May 2004, 08:15 PM
Help wanted,
I have just bought a lathe and not having done any lathe work for 20 years and even then it was only playing around I thought I would start by doing some pens.
I have a pen mandrel and all the pen parts. To start off with I bought some pen turning blanks which have the holes pre drilled, the thing is that they are not cut square on the ends and are longer than the brass tubes that come with the pens.
Question: should I cut the blanks square and to the same length as the brass tubes before turning or do I do that after or what do I do?
Regards Vasco
I have just bought a lathe and not having done any lathe work for 20 years and even then it was only playing around I thought I would start by doing some pens.
I have a pen mandrel and all the pen parts. To start off with I bought some pen turning blanks which have the holes pre drilled, the thing is that they are not cut square on the ends and are longer than the brass tubes that come with the pens.
Question: should I cut the blanks square and to the same length as the brass tubes before turning or do I do that after or what do I do?
Regards Vasco