The mandrel makes it easy with your bushings to make various pens . The bushings match the parts of the pen . Unless you are making slimline pens most of the bushings have various size on them . Craft supply has good illustrations of their parts . That might help with the visual of why the mandrel is useful.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:51 AM, <jwb...@windstream.net> wrote: > 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.net wrote: >> 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 software you can draw the part on the computer and save >> some time, if you have a z axis up grade >> >> >> Jeff Becker >> >> >> >> ---- Tim Krause <artmarb...@comcast.net> wrote: >> > 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 >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: rookie >> > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com >> > Cc: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com >> > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 7:44 PM >> > Subject: Re: Barley twist on pens >> > >> > >> > I made lots and lots of rope twist pens for my son's Boy Scout Troop as >> > a fundraiser, we sold them at a local Art & Craft fair. The higher priced >> > ones, $30, sold the quickest, these had fancier parts/exotic wood, the >> > regular ones sold for $20. I like your idea Tim for a barley twist, I've >> > considered it, seems you would need a sacrificial pen mandrel. perhaps >> > brass rod. >> > >> > On Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:50:56 AM UTC-5, Tim wrote: >> > Hey Bill, >> > >> > A long time ago you said magnate did not make a small enough barley >> > bit to do pens. I see a 7557 bit that has a 3/4 diameter and a cutting >> > depth of 3/32. That should work for a pen. Has any one tried a single or >> > a double start barley twist on a pen? >> > >> > -Tim >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to >> legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
