Pen Press Spacer

I am a wood turner and like to do pens on my lathe. When it comes to assembly of these pens I am using my Lathe or a bench press to fit the parts together.

Browsing through the internet I found various pen presses that caught my eye and I thought it would be fun to do one for myself.

The key to this were the spacers I wanted to use, so I designed the device in Fusion 360 and tailor fitted the spacers to the layout I chose (you might want to take a close look at the sketch I am uploading as well. It shows nicely the position of the pinion and the small axle holding the spacers (both need to have the precise distance so my spacers fit).

You find the spacers as a downloadable and printable piece. The rest I made of wood, a quick release push pull type clamp a 10mm round steel bar and a 6mm round brass bar. See photos of my make for more details.

Have fun and post a make, if you build it, too. :)

Edit: The base of the press is 40cm by 10cm. The block holding the steel and b