I just started turning pens and have done only a couple. As I look at the HUT site, I'm a little confused because it seems that you need to buy different bushings and drill bits for everything. Guess I don't have a real problem with that but how do you keep them all straight based on the numbers it says you need. My bushings don't have numbers on them.
Anyway, they turned out pretty well but I do have a couple of questions regarding speed of the lathe - I started out at the slowest speed (Jet Mini Lathe) and it keeps stopping the block. I can't tell if I'm trying to take too much or if I don't have the tailstock tight enough. Is there a way to get the corners off the block to get past this? Secondly, I'm trying to determine if there is a trick to keeping the wood even between the bushings - do you use different tools or a small gouge all the way down. Sorry for the ignorance, but I can't really find these things in doing research.
Don