out of round

I've been turning pens...well, for almost a year, although there have been some largish gaps. The last couple of months I've really gotten into turning pens more, after watching some of the presentations at a pen turners virtual conference in May. Learned a LOT from that conference (sadly, all...

Hi all, I've been making pens for a couple years now, and at first I had a lot of trouble with the blanks not truly fitting with the hardware. I've made quite a bit of progress, but I'm still having issues getting that perfect fit. The odd thing is that it's really just on the nib end. The...

I wasn't aware that I had an issue until I was assembling a pen and realised I had a slight out of round issue. Albeit small, I noticed it. With my mandrel on the lathe I turned it on to see if I could see or feel anything, and I couldn't. Slightly puzzled I wanted to figure out an easy way to...

I turned an Olympian Elite 2 this morning out of Exotic Blank's Burnt Copper. I have been pretty much converted to tbc since George's excellent article. I, so far, use the stock pen kit bushings. As I was almost turned down to the bushings I noticed things didn't appear to be ROUND!:eek: When I...