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PKDUX
The Duchess Pen Kit
PSI Woodworking Products
Kit Features:
• Attractive ladies pen
• 7mm mechanism
• Single tube design
• Easy to turn and assemble
• Use Cross® Style rell for replacement
• Overall length 5-1/4”
Required Accessories:
• 7mm pen mandrel
• 7mm Drill bit
• 3 pc. bushing set #PKCFBUSH (use 2 of the 3 in the set)
• 2 part epoxy glue or insta-cure (cyanoacrylate)
• 7mm Barrel Trimmer #PKTRIM7
DIAGRAM A / PARTS LAYOUT
Tip Brass Tube
2-7/16”
Rell
Preparing the Blanks:
• Cut a 5/8” blank to the size of the brass tube
(add 1/16” for trimming the ends).
• Drill a 7mm center hole through the blank.
• Spread glue over the tube, insert into the blank
with a twisting motion, to spread the glue
evenly inside, center the tube in the blank
• When glue dries, use a 7mm barrel trimmer to square
the ends of the blank. Take the wood down to the brass tube.
Twist Mechanism
11/16”
Upper Cap Assembly
Showing Outside
Turning the Blank
• Place the bushing and blank on the mandrel according
to the diagram “B”. Use the smaller
bushing for the tip end and the larger in the #PKCFBUSH
set for the center.
• Turn the blank between the bushings into a desired prole.
• FInish the barrel with your preferred choice of nish.
DIAGRAM B / TURNING THE BLANKS
Spacer Bushings
Head Stock
Tip Bushing
(smaller)
Blank Barrel
Assembly
• Press the tip end into the narrow end of the barrel.
• Press the twist mechanism (brass end rst)
into the opposite end of the barrel. Continue to press
pass the ID line until only 11/16” of chrome is exposed.
Insert the rell and test for extension.
• Press the cap over the mechanism. The pen is now
ready to use by turning the two ends to extract
or retract the rell.
Lock Nut
Spacer Bushings
Center Bushing
(larger)
Live Center
DIAGRAM D / BUSHINGS - #PKCFBUSH
(only use 2 of the 3 in set)
ø.420”ø.330”
ø.248
hole through
© 2011 PSI Woodworking Philadelphia PA 19115 - v06/11
.375”
Tip
(smaller)
.438”
Center
(larger)
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