thedonutman
Established Member
Produced this:
Turns out it wasn't tight enough without the brass tubes and it wouldn't spin with the mandrel, making it very hard to turn. So I glued some tubes in, trimmed them and produced this:
Stupidly I tried to test fit all the parts without putting any finish on the pen or even fine sanding it and now I can't take it apart again! Ah well, lesson learned! I didn't want to use the nice pen blanks I had so I used a bit of Sapele from some guitar offcuts. I think it must need grain filling or something.
Turns out it wasn't tight enough without the brass tubes and it wouldn't spin with the mandrel, making it very hard to turn. So I glued some tubes in, trimmed them and produced this:
Stupidly I tried to test fit all the parts without putting any finish on the pen or even fine sanding it and now I can't take it apart again! Ah well, lesson learned! I didn't want to use the nice pen blanks I had so I used a bit of Sapele from some guitar offcuts. I think it must need grain filling or something.