On 10 Aug 2004 19:57:53 -0700, (Larry
Gottlieb) wrote:


An additional advantage is that the entire end is flush. This allows
the upper and lower blanks to be turned without a center bushing.

Which is fine if you don't want to use a center band. If you use that
band, however, you need the bushing to tell you how thick to cut your
ends, so they are flush with the surface of the band. Also, I don't
know about your pen mandrel, but mine is somewhat smaller than 7mm, so
the pen blanks need the middle bushing, just to keep them from
flopping around, since the brass slides easily over the mandrel rod.

If it weren't smaller than 7mm, then the bushings couldn't slide
inside of the brass, since the brass would be tight to the rod.


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