Pen Disassembly

[Walter]

Cheaper set here Jim.

I did a step by step of salvaging a slimline on WWI forum a while back, might help someone so here is a link:

Woodworkers Institute - Forums: Salvaging pen disasters

 

[Jim]

That is a very good tutorial Walter, any newbie pen turner would be very grateful for this .. Would you mind if i used the link in our tutorial page? It also answers my question on the punches .. These will be handy for the barrons. etc ...

 

[Walter]

Feel free to use the link Jim.

Happy to help

Walter

 

[Jim]

Feel free to use the link Jim.

Thanks Walter, i also bought the punches from the link you sent ...

 

[nimrod]

Hi Jim I bought an Imperial set of transfer punches from Chronos Engineering and have yet to find a pen they dont disassemble.

 

[Jim]

Thanks for that nimrod, i bought a set from Amazon this morning, mainly for the barron pens not only for when i make mistakes with the turning, but also when i don't like the finished item, which i have a few of ..

 

[Old Corky]

From the Harbor Freight Stores in the US you can buy a 28 piece punch set, 3/32" to 1/2" punches (by 64ths) for $9.99. The same set at PSI is $19.99. Don't know what shipping would cost but the set will work on just about anything you will ever run into with pens.

PSI also has a pair of padded vice grip pliers to hold the blanks that is very handy.

 

[Neil]

Disassembly tools, all a lot of expensive over engineered c**p. You can get these rods much cheaper than what I paid for them. Some one with an engineering background can tell us what they are called, but this kit does the lot>

You put the rod in one end and tap with a hammer so that that the component you are trying to knock out is covered by your hand and doesn't fly across the room! Used it on a slimline this evening because I was a plonker and left the clip off!

EDIT comments. Didnt check the dates on the original post, Corky had bumped it and I read the first page as new! Me plonker, but at least I know know they are called transfer punches!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[clumsysod]

Disassembly tools, all a lot of expensive over engineered c**p. You can get these rods much cheaper than what I paid for them. Some one with an engineering background can tell us what they are called, but this kit does the lot>

You put the rod in one end and tap with a hammer so that that the component you are trying to knock out is covered by your hand and doesn't fly across the room! Used it on a slimline this evening because I was a plonker and left the clip off!

Transfer Punches

 

[Jim]

As far as i know Neil, they are called transfer punches ...

 

[Terry]

Neil they are called transfer punches!!!!

 

[Neil]

I think their proper name is Transfer Punches but will for ever be known as FU Punches!