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Hello, I want o buy the AXMINSTER WOODTURNING COMPRESSION PEN MANDREL - 2MT< but I don’t know if they will be compatible with the different pen kit I’m buying from Pen Making, Bowl Turning, Wood Lathes, Wood Blanks, and Turning Tools for Woodturners | Craft Supplies USA in the USA (most of...

Hi All, As you know I like a bullet case pen or two.... Good sellers for me:thumbs: So we have 2x. 338 Lapua magnum cases being used These were made on my wood lathe with a 4 jaw chuck... Make sure the cases are 'fired' chuck one up and drill the back (primer end) to take an Omega body tube...

Hi all, I may be late to the party on this but, Axminster tools are rebranding their own range of power tools and are selling off shop stock at good prices. I was looking for a 305mm disc sander and just got their £400 trade version for £230, the price of their hobby one. They also had lathes...

Hello folks I purchased a keyless chuck and the first time I have gone to use it, it has seized closed on the drill bit. It is under warrant and will be going back (at the company's expense so I am waiting for them to try to say it must be returned under my own cost. The law on that is not in...

How do you guys keep your drill bits sharp? Do you re-sharpen or replace? Are drill bit sharpening machines any good? I see the "Drill Doctor" machine can cost £200+ that is far too expensive does anyone have one of these instead? Sealey SMS2008 Drill Bit Sharpener, Bench Mounting, 80W, 173mm...

What a Waste, And I am not referring to the Ian Dury and the Blockheads song that I can no longer get out of my head :ciggrin: 12 yes 12 blanks ruined today, what makes it worse is that 9 of them (6 acrylic) I ruined whilst trying to drill the wrong size hole :rolling: For the classic Elegant...

tried a corian segmented..glued up well, drilled it on my pillar drillar ( drill press )..trued it up, was dead square every way, but when id finished the hole was so far out end to end that the blank is un-usable..:sob:.gonna drill them on my lathe from now on...still, onwards and upwards :thumbs:

for 2 days... workshop has had a much need re-organise and spring clean....now need to sell my pillar drill and buy a smaller one. hopefully back on it tomorrow

Made these up the kits has stepped tubes you need 4 different size drill to make them

During my recent sabbatical I drilled out 13 blanks ready for slimline and streamline pens. I used the lathe to drill them and noticed a variation with the holes both in sizes and alignments, the differences only really became apparent when gluing in the tubes. I have ended up using gorilla glue...

Is a drill press with a 70mm depth adequate for pen turning (Drilling holes in the blanks that is) without having to go in at both ends? :thinks:

How critical is it when drilling the pen blanks that the size is spot on? If I have some tubes measuring 9.25mm do I drill 9.2 or 9.3? also could I get away with drill a 9.5 hole for a 9.4 tube? Really sorry for all these questions and in a few months I will look back on these and think what a...

Hi all, Now I do like a nice bullet case and have quite a selection, but there not all easy to convert to pens.... Whilst the kits a good fit, the case was bloody hard(must buy new drill bits or better quality) but happy with the results..... 338 lapau magnum is the long range round of the...

If you have not tried colt drill bits before you are missing a treat. I have used them for a while now, but they have stopped making them. My old ones have made hundreds of pens and starting to feel their age. So when I spotted some in the USA at Taylor tools on offer as they had bought out the...

Hi Everyone, I'd like to start turning some small parts from wood; the parts are just wooden tubes similar to pen shafts. The maximum length will be 10cm and the interior diameter will always be the same. I'm putting together a minimal tools list and I was hoping you could check & advise on...

Where do you get your 25/32 drill bits from for the TM Omega kits?

Good afternoon all I'm having a bit of trouble with my threading Acrylic pen blanks. Size 14mm cap and barrel thread So I drill with a 12mm drill first to the full depth required to accept the Nib and external thread of Barrel then I drill with a 13mm drill to the depth required for...

I recused this post drill, and thought I would clean it up a bit. Who made “The Globe” post drills?

Has anyone turned the CEO pen kit I need help, it says the drill is a 0.368" drill but I cannot find one at that size.:praying: Glen

Hey all. In my quest for "thinness" today I tried turning a blank with some new dimensions. Normally I thread the barrel to M16 on the outside, tapped to M12 on the inside, cap to M16 to attach to the barrel, the section has to be drilled 7.3mm to take the proprietary bock tap with an M12...