Pen Mill Barrel Cleaner, Barrel Trimmers and Combo

Clear excess adhesive from your pen tubes and square up the ends of your pen in one easy step! These precision-machined Pen Mill components are interchangeable to work with a variety of barrel diameters. The Barrel Cleaner clears glue residue from the barrel and also keeps the Barrel Trimmer at a 90° angle to the end of the pen, providing a flat, square mating surface and a tight fit for your hardware. Hex-head screws provide a no-slip interface. The Pen/Pencil Combo Mill is a value-priced package with a threaded shank, meaning you have the option of turning your own handle for a hand mill. Combo components are interchangeable with other sizes. Barrel Trimmers and Combo include hex wrenches.

Barrel Trimmers measure 7/8" long and include hex wrenches for adjustment and replacement. Barrel Trimmers have double hex-head screws for a secure connection to the Pilot Shaft. Barrel Cleaner measure 3-3/4" long overall. Shank portion of each Pilot Shaft is 1-3/4" long x 3/16" in diameter, and has two flattened sections for a no-slip interface with the Barrel Trimmer. The terms O-size and V-size refer to the drill bit used to bore the hole in the blank. The Pilot Shafts are actually slightly smaller than these bits to accomodate the thickness of the brass sleeve.

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Pen Mill Barrel Cleaner, Barrel Trimmers and Combo Average Rating: 3.8 (8 customer reviews) $34.99 Add your review...

1) Submitted by KLB on 4/25/2011 Customer Rating: Well... Not what I thought, BUT that was my fault. Everyone can always use a backup 7mm trimmer. I'm sure I will get alot of use out of it... I meant to get a combo kit...lol... Again, my fault. Everything I have gotten from Rockler has been worth the money paid.

2) Submitted by Dave, from Seward, NE on 1/5/2011 Customer Rating: Purchased the seperate trimmer and cleaner after reading bad review for the combo. Have not used it a lot but it is sharp and does quick work trimming a pen blank.

3) Submitted by JDC, from Owingsville, KY on 8/19/2009 Customer Rating: I recently (Mar. 27, 2009) retired and built myself a hobby shop. I equipped the shop with a new table saw, planer, drill press, new router table, compound miter-saw, cabinet makers work bench, dust collector, and a small wood lathe. A metal lathe and small mill will be my next additions. One of my first non-repair lathe projects was a starter set of five slim-line pens. The combo mill is another great tool to get me going in creating some fine looking pens. I was not sure how to use it, so I first tried chucking it into my drill press but that seemed too aggressive on a scrape piece of ¾” stock so I turned a quick handle for it out of some 1” dowel stock and tried it by hand and it worked perfect. There was not the aggressive cutting of the drill press mode plus I had absolute control over how much or how little I took off. The integrated barrel cleaning shaft kept the cutter perfectly aligned so that I got a perfect right angle cut every time. I would highly recommend this combo mill for anyone considering taking up pen making as a hobby or as a semi profession. My First Pens (click to see full-size picture in new window)

4) Submitted by Jim B, from Leesburg, GA on 3/14/2009 Customer Rating: Just like all wood cutting tools from Rockler. They are sharp when you get them and they stay sharp.

5) Submitted by Harold McKinney, from The Villages, FL on 3/19/2010 Customer Rating: I expected a shank and not a screw to fit into the drill chuck. I'm not sure why they used a screw.

6) Submitted by Bill Perryman, from Stockton, CA on 11/23/2010 Customer Rating: Purchased the Pen Mill Barrel Cleaner/Trimmer Combo. Was satisfied at firt, then it sheared off at the joint between the threaded stem & the thicker portion of the barrel cleaner. The combo is sold with a poor design threaded barrel cleaner whereas the "ala carte" version has the keyed surface and thicker stem. Only turned 15 pens before the combo version broke. Worth the extra $2-3 to buy "ala carte". Lessens the chance of shearing off and you get a positive locking surface when locking the set screws. I save a couple dollars to spend another $12.

7) Submitted by Toby M, from Tacoma, WA on 1/1/2011 Customer Rating: The "J-Size x 1/2' Pen/Pencil Combo Mill" as stated in other review is weak where the threads meet the top of the mill, if you get this one make sure and also buy a replacement barrel cleaner, you will need it.

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