Well Tim your not as Lazy as I am, I won't bother looking up the tube diameter,
I will just measure the ones I have. I am not sure if I am being lazy, or if I
just don't trust other people when it comes to damaging a tool (Router Bit, Pen
Tube, or Mandrel)
Jeff Becker
jwb...@windstream.
Setting the depth of a pen for a barley twist can be simple, you mount the
tubes on the mandrel with no wood present in the machine, you lower the bit to
the tube the raise it a safe amount and set a stop, you will then use that stop
as the lowest point to turn the wood.
With you having cad so
Tim a while back I made something very much like these, it held a square stock
and used hose clamps to tighten the wood down into the chuck. It worked well
for me at the time. sometimes the simple things work out the best, (at least
when you can not afford anything better at the time.) Just as l
Why would I need a sacrificial pen mandrel? Do you think the pen would be too
large of a diameter if you went the full depth of the barley twist bit? I
really have not worked out the details which I asked if it had been done.
-Tim
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From: rookie
To: legacy-o
Those do work well on lathes when you have a light touch. I've never tried one
out on the Legacy, but I would think the same rules apply. A hose clamp could
work as well as a ring in our modern day times.
-Tim
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From: CURTIS GEORGE
To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mil
