For a woodworker, pen turning can turnout to be the most easiest and addicted hobby of all woodworking. If you already have experience turning items like bowls, vases, lamps, salt and pepper shakers, baseball bats, lamps, candlestick holders, and so on, then entering this new venture of making pens will really be fun. Since you are already into woodworking domain, you might be having most of the required equipments that is needed to turn pens.

Generally, tools and equipment that are required to turn pens are very minimal. As said before, if you are already into woodworking domain, you will have most of the required tools and equipments. Nevertheless, the primary tools and equipment that will be needed are lathe, machine press or bench vise, pen mandrel, turning tools, barrel trimmer, drill press, drill bits and some of the pen supplies like pen blanks, pen mechanisms, pen kits, etc.

It is true that woodworking lathes comes in wide variety of sizes. However, since pens are small in size, it is possible to turn them on your existing woodworking lathe. Nevertheless, if you are a beginner and taking this pen turning hobby for the first time, then it is recommended that you buy a mini lathe that are usually inexpensive. Pen mandrel and barrel trimmer are the special tools that will be required to make pens. A pen mandrel is a long metal rod which serves the purpose of holding the pen blank while it is spinning on the lathe. On the other hand, barrel trimmer is a small, drill mounted tool that facilitates to trim the pen blank to the exact size in proportion to the pen tube. Both of these tools are inexpensive and can be easily available from pen turning suppliers. However, when buying these tools, make sure that they are of the highest quality otherwise it will be easily worn out.

P-Square Agencies is one such specialist mail order firm that provides premium quality pen turning supplies, including acrylic pen blanks, pen mandrel, barrel trimmer, pen mechanisms, pen kits and much more. 100 percent Australian own and run firm, they are catering the needs for woodturning and pen turning for more than past 10 years. Not only they ensure quality pen turning supplies, but they offer them at best prices.For more information, please visit: http://www.psquareagencies.com.au