I’ve got a Nova 16-24 lathe and have made several bowls along with a couple spindles, so bottom line is that I’m pretty much a newbie. I want to turn a few pens for gifts and have a question about mandrels. I got a batch of fairly basic “slimline” pen kits from Amazon that require 7mm drill bit, mandrel, etc. Are mandrels for pen turning all various sizes like the drill bits, or does one size pretty much fit all? The pen kits in got indicate that I need a 7mm drill and a 7mm mandrel. What about if in the future I get pen kits that use something other than 7mm tubes - do I need yet another mandrel, or just a different set of bushings?
Thanks, Jim
Thanks, Jim