Jeffrey Fusaro
05-25-2007, 7:29 AM
i was making some jr. gentlemen's pens last night. it was time to trim the wood blanks to length, after the glue holding the brass tubes had dried.
i use pilot shafts and barrel trimmer heads to do this. unfortunately, i did not have the right size pilot shaft for either section of the pen. and, they were not listed in the CS catalog.
after rummaging thru the pilot shafts that i do own, i found a pilot shaft that was smaller than the inside diameter of each of the brass tubes in the pen blanks.
next, i found some left over brass tubes from previous pen projects (i always buy extras). i was able to find a spare brass tube that fit over the smaller pilot shaft and was still small enough to fit inside the brass tubes inside the pen blanks. i was able to trim the blanks without much fuss.
sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. :)
just thought i'd share...
i use pilot shafts and barrel trimmer heads to do this. unfortunately, i did not have the right size pilot shaft for either section of the pen. and, they were not listed in the CS catalog.
after rummaging thru the pilot shafts that i do own, i found a pilot shaft that was smaller than the inside diameter of each of the brass tubes in the pen blanks.
next, i found some left over brass tubes from previous pen projects (i always buy extras). i was able to find a spare brass tube that fit over the smaller pilot shaft and was still small enough to fit inside the brass tubes inside the pen blanks. i was able to trim the blanks without much fuss.
sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. :)
just thought i'd share...