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26th January 2009, 11:45 AM #1Jen
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Pen Press ideas needed
Hi everyone, I have surfaced from the past and ready to get back into pens after having a play with bowls for awhile.
Major problem Im having is assembling my pens. To date I have used a wooden mallet and gentle touch, but when I tried that with a baron...... oooooo what a disaster. So , I am now asking all you experts out there the best way to assemble pens and a good way to make a pen press or where to get one.
All ideas greatly welcome
and Happy New Year to you all as well
JennyLife's short.... enjoy it!!
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26th January 2009, 11:53 AM #2
This is what I use.
Haven't had a failure yet (touch wood)
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26th January 2009, 11:57 AM #3
Pen Assembly Press
This is our option
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26th January 2009, 02:36 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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Mine is similar to Fred's, but I just use my normal drill press. A piece of cutting board on the table, and one of those rotary sanding wheels that go in the drill - it has a nice smooth hard plastic centre that everything is glued to, which is what I use to press the pen bits together. Didn't cost me a cent as I already had the bits.
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26th January 2009, 02:54 PM #5
I use an arbor press...cost me $24.00 American at the "made in China" tool store.
You can't break it if you tried, and it allows you to apply pressure in a very controled manner...plus, with a little rigging up, it make a great dissassembly too also.
This is a 1/2 ton press, just the right size for pens.
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26th January 2009, 03:16 PM #6
Haven't seen the 1/2 ton one, but a 1 ton one costs $A130, just a little more!
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26th January 2009, 05:20 PM #7
Hi Jenny
I use a triton super jaws
Andrew
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26th January 2009, 05:50 PM #8
A drill press is a good way to go,you can mount a piece of dowell in the chuck to protect parts, and as you have a vertical alignment its fairly easy to keep everything in line while applying pressure. Better than a hammer any day hehe.
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26th January 2009, 07:41 PM #9
Hi Jenny,
Its quick, accurate, cheap and you can feel just how much pressure is required at every stage. Also simple to make.
beejay
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26th January 2009, 08:36 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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G`day I use a large quick grip clamp and a woodworking vice.
Mick
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26th January 2009, 08:51 PM #11
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26th January 2009, 10:21 PM #12
I've been using this high tech solution for more than two years without a single problem.
When all is said and done, there is usually a whole lot more said than done.
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27th January 2009, 07:57 AM #13
I use the quick grip clamp too (it's the small one - about 200mm) - I got a pack of 4 of them for about $25 at bunnies a while back.
I keep thinking I should do something more sophisticated, but as I've never had any grief with it, I haven't ever bothered...
Cheers,
Dave...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
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28th January 2009, 08:59 AM #14
I knew I shouldn't have posted my response.
"I've never had any grief with it" turned into "" last night when assembling a slimline in figured blackwood. I think I didn't glue the tube well enough at one end, but the rubber on the quick-grip clamp rounded off the wood a bit (kinda split it out a bit - I should have taken a photo). I'm tempted to use the pen mill to clean it up a bit but I'm not sure if I'm game.
I like Beejay's idea - it looks pretty controllable, though I have the drill press stand bought from Aldi that Big Shed uses. I Currently use it for holding the heat gun while roasting coffee in a bread maker. I think it might have to start sharing duties between pens and coffee...
cheers,
DaveLast edited by Ozkaban; 28th January 2009 at 09:03 AM. Reason: speeling
...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
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28th January 2009, 09:05 AM #15SENIOR MEMBER
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Umm, LOL? I Think
I was in a rush ocne and didn't want to swap the drill but out of the press, so tried doing it by hand between two pieces of wood. I also rounded over the end of the pen when it slipped sideways. That was the last time I tried to do it not in the press.
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