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Welcome to the forum Steve.

You only need something to spin a bit of wood up, and one chisel (1/2 gouge ) sounds like you have got the spinney bit coming already.

For pens you will only need one kit, I would suggest a slimline pen to start with, as they are cheap and if you make a c@€k up of it then it's not the end of the world.

You will need something to sand the pen down and polish it up, standard friction polish is a good starters.

Get some cheap bits of wood, fire wood will do. (The packs you get at the petrol station ) you don't even need a mandrel.

Follow a few tuts on pen making then you are hooked. ..

In simple terms you don't need much more than you have already.

I agree with all the comments of buy the best you can, but you don't need too to make pens.

Where are you I the UK, there might be someone close to you that you can pay a visit and show you how simple it is ...init...

Oh and by the way, you don't need a chuck, just a dead center and a live center to start with..

Oh and you don't need a pen press, just a vice on ya bench..

<blockquote data-quote="silver" data-source="post: 169219" data-attributes="member: 165">Welcome to the forum Steve. You only need something to spin a bit of wood up, and one chisel (1/2 gouge ) sounds like you have got the spinney bit coming already.For pens you will only need one kit, I would suggest a slimline pen to start with, as they are cheap and if you make a c@€k up of it then it&#039;s not the end of the world. You will need something to sand the pen down and polish it up, standard friction polish is a good starters.Get some cheap bits of wood, fire wood will do. (The packs you get at the petrol station ) you don&#039;t even need a mandrel.Follow a few tuts on pen making then you are hooked. .. In simple terms you don&#039;t need much more than you have already.I agree with all the comments of buy the best you can, but you don&#039;t need too to make pens. Where are you I&nbsp; the UK, there might be someone close to you that you can pay a&nbsp; visit and show you how simple it is ...init...Oh and by the way, you don&#039;t need a chuck, just a dead center and a live center to start with..<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thumbs.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbs:" title="Thumbs&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbs:" data-shortname=":thumbs:" />Oh and you don&#039;t need a pen press, just a vice on&nbsp; ya bench..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silver, post: 169219, member: 165"] Welcome to the forum Steve. You only need something to spin a bit of wood up, and one chisel (1/2 gouge ) sounds like you have got the spinney bit coming already. For pens you will only need one kit, I would suggest a slimline pen to start with, as they are cheap and if you make a c@€k up of it then it's not the end of the world. You will need something to sand the pen down and polish it up, standard friction polish is a good starters. Get some cheap bits of wood, fire wood will do. (The packs you get at the petrol station ) you don't even need a mandrel. Follow a few tuts on pen making then you are hooked. .. In simple terms you don't need much more than you have already. I agree with all the comments of buy the best you can, but you don't need too to make pens. Where are you I the UK, there might be someone close to you that you can pay a visit and show you how simple it is ...init... Oh and by the way, you don't need a chuck, just a dead center and a live center to start with..:thumbs: Oh and you don't need a pen press, just a vice on ya bench.. [/QUOTE]

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