Items you will need.
- Lathe
- 7mm Drill Bit
- 3 x 50mm 7mm Brass tubes
- 26 x 90mm Flannel circles
- Pen Mandrill
- Blocks of timber
2 x 35mm x 45mm x 45mm
1 x 50mm x 45mm x 45mm
- Super Glue
- Hammer
- Nail
- Saw
- 4 x Pen Brushes
1. Cut three pieces of timber
1 x 45mm x 45mm x 50mm
2 x 45mm x 45mm x 35mm
2. Drill the three pieces down the centre with a 7mm drill bit
3. Cut one 7mm Brass tube down to 50mm and the other two down to 35mm in lenght, glue in to the timber blocks with supper glue and leave to dry.
4. Once dry us a 7mm pen mill to square up the ends of the blocks.
5. Place the three blocks on to a pen mandrel with brushes to separate them.
6. Place in lathe and turn down to a cylinder. Use a parting tool to square the ends to the milled parts.
7. Remove the brusher and turn all the parts down to approximately 35mm.
8. Cut 26 90mm flannelette circles
9. Put in to groups of 13 and hammer a nail in to the cetre of the group putting a hole through. Use sissors to widen the hole to fit the mandrill if necessary.
10. The assembly of the pieces goes one 35mm block of timber them a group of flannelette then a 50mm block of timber another group of flannelette then the other 35mm block of timber.
11. Assemble the pieces on to the mandrill.
Put in the lathe and give it a test bits of flannel will come out for a while but it should stop.
Now you are done you can buff small objects like pens.
