Weekend Pen Press

Great. I made one 3-4 years ago and it is still the best pen press. You might want to consider using corian for the press areas.

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That looks good to me.
The design is what I used to build one but I quickly found that the dowel peg and holes did not hold up.
Mine is modified with a stronger positioning section. Sometimes I need to press quite hard to get the parts seated.

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Thanks for posting this and the blog on how to build.
I plan on building on next weekend.

D_Allen,

After using the pen assembly press a couple times, I had the same problem with the pegs popping out with stubborn pen kits. The solution was to use a clamp to clamp it in place on my workbench. It was an easy fix that worked well with the added advantage of holding the pen assembly press to my work bench leaving both hands free to align the pen parts and pull the handle. I added this fix to the project notes at the end with a picture.

I also lengthened the joiner board to make it easier to get the pressure where it needs to be when pressing pens. I changed the measurements on the Blog and added a note with a picture of the pen assembly press with the longer joiner.

-- Owlcroft

That will work better and clamping it to the bench is a wonderful idea.
I have rubber feet on mine but it does move some. Something else that I discovered is that if you need to press harder it is best to adjust the stops so the handle is low to the board. That way you are pressing down on the jig and not pushing so much in a horizontal direction. As shown here, I added a different kind of adjustment section. Not pretty but it works good.

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