Ready to start turning with pen mandral but i have no bushings.  looked online but everything seems to have special bushing and spacers.  is there a kit of bushings or something?

If you are gong to buy kits from more than one supplier, keep the bushings separate. Similar looking pens often have bushings that are a couple of thousands of an inch different.

Best practice to avoid bad experince is to get a decent calipers or micrometer and measure the bushings -- and measure the fittings in the pen kit and know the differences.   

For a variety of reasons, you will encounter situations where the parts and pieces have different diamters than the bushings -- but if you know, you can make adjustments in the turning and finishing process to get best outcomes.

Making sure (really really sure) that the brass tubes are clean and clear of all glue and debris is a starting point too. 

You still have to get them in the correct order (do not ask me about cigar bushings) helps a great deal on some pens.

Some are very close across vendors --- and some are just enough different that you get caught.  Calipers keeps everything straight.

P.S -- it is not that big a deal to make bushings - especially those for finishing

Don Ward made this articles which says lots about bushings

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