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Hi Alan,
Thanks for the response and suggestions.
I purchased a pen turning with 5 tubes, ends etc. and have had a go at my first pen (picture attached). I’ve made mistakes as I’d anticipated i.e both barrels were turned by eye, I didn’t use callipers. I used my bench vice to assemble the parts, tricky & lucky to have them assembled squarely. I used a relatively cheap pillar drill assembly which didn’t give me a 100% straight & even hole - will try with a shorter drill bit & using the lathe next time - I’m not sure if that’s the answer but plenty of practice on scrap timber bits is giving me more confidence.
However I’m definitely bitten by the turning bug and the pen was great fun to create.
I’m struggling a little with finding a local club but I have found a couple of people I know that have turned wood previously so I’m asking them lots of questions too.

<blockquote data-quote="CGS01" data-source="post: 373328" data-attributes="member: 5811">Hi Alan,Thanks for the response and suggestions.I purchased a pen turning with 5 tubes, ends etc. and have had a go at my first pen (picture attached). I’ve made mistakes as I’d anticipated i.e both barrels were turned by eye, I didn’t use callipers. I used my bench vice to assemble the parts, tricky &amp; lucky to have them assembled squarely. I used a relatively cheap pillar drill assembly which didn’t give me a 100% straight &amp; even hole - will try with a shorter drill bit &amp; using the lathe next time - I’m not sure if that’s the answer but plenty of practice on scrap timber bits is giving me more confidence.However I’m definitely bitten by the turning bug and the pen was great fun to create.I’m struggling a little with finding a local club but I have found a couple of people I know that have turned wood previously so I’m asking them lots of questions too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CGS01, post: 373328, member: 5811"] Hi Alan, Thanks for the response and suggestions. I purchased a pen turning with 5 tubes, ends etc. and have had a go at my first pen (picture attached). I’ve made mistakes as I’d anticipated i.e both barrels were turned by eye, I didn’t use callipers. I used my bench vice to assemble the parts, tricky & lucky to have them assembled squarely. I used a relatively cheap pillar drill assembly which didn’t give me a 100% straight & even hole - will try with a shorter drill bit & using the lathe next time - I’m not sure if that’s the answer but plenty of practice on scrap timber bits is giving me more confidence. However I’m definitely bitten by the turning bug and the pen was great fun to create. I’m struggling a little with finding a local club but I have found a couple of people I know that have turned wood previously so I’m asking them lots of questions too. [/QUOTE]

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