A friend gave me a copy of the BereaHardWoods catalog, as he knows I'm doing some pen turning.
On the back of the catalog is a Fisch mini lathe (which looks remarkably similar to a slightly smaller version of my Rikon)....and in the text it mentions a SPECIAL tailstock point used for pen turning. It goes on to say in effect that many other tailstock points won't work with pen mandrels.
Any truth to this? I've been using my stock Rikon tailstock (with point) and it seems to work OK. However...the point is quite "pointy" and doesn't mate completely with the indentation in my PSI pen mandrel. That is, the mandrel's recess is less pointy (more cup-shaped) than the Rikon point.
Can I harm my tailstock point? Should I get another one? If so, where?
Thanks....