That tool auction score I got a while back had over forty pen kits.  It also had the mandrels and bushings.  What it didn't have was the drill bit to square the ends.  There were eight of the circuit board kits which come with the tube cast into the blank.  I put the blanks on the wood lathe and turned them round as I could get them.  Then I moved them to the hobby lathe and got them perfectly round.  After that I chucked the blank in the hobby lathe without the mandrel and cross cut the ends to square them up.  I then moved them back to the wood lathe on the mandrel and turned them and polished them.  I also got a nice pen press in the deal so used it to assemble the pens.  I did two of them which are the first pens I turned using a kit.  I have done the Captan Eddie pens and but never any from a kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oowee, sooo nice........Those are really attractive pens, Dan, Are those actual circuit boards made into pen blanks?

outstanding...

Those are very nice!

 

Steve

Sweet! 

 

I've thought about making a couple of those for some friends who work in electronics.

8 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Oowee, sooo nice........Those are really attractive pens, Dan, Are those actual circuit boards made into pen blanks?

 

I believe so.  I watched a video and the guy said he has hit the components trying to get them thin which is the way he likes them.  Cigar style pens, which these are, aren't thin anyway.

4 minutes ago, lew said:

Sweet! 

 

I've thought about making a couple of those for some friends who work in electronics.

 

Thing is these kits are $20.00 and up but are really cool.  I am giving one to my son.  He works as an inside tech for AT&T.

NICE!

Guess now we will see a lot more pens from your cache. Great job on the circuit board

Thanks for the nice reviews. 

10 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Guess now we will see a lot more pens from your cache. Great job on the circuit board

 

Thanks Gerald.  Can't let the kits go to waste.

Well done "Grasshopper" 

 

I use my disk sander and miter gauge to square the ends of my pen blanks.

 

The pens look nice !!

Pen turning is addictive !!

Great job !!