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So having run out of motivation for clear acrylic I reached for some of the brown mallee burr I git at John Davis the other week. Hard but brittle, so I'm trying NOT lining the holes with brass tubing. The body has acrylic 'windows' (8mm acrylic rod inserted crossways into the blank before drilling), and two threaded 'collars' front and back. Some pics of the body under construction:

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One of the key tricks with this type of project is ensuring that all of the collars line up to create a straight pen barrel. Here's my 'jig' for the glue-up:

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More to follow as work progresses ...

[QUOTE="Jimjam66, post: 29567, member: 58"] So having run out of motivation for clear acrylic I reached for some of the brown mallee burr I git at John Davis the other week. Hard but brittle, so I'm trying NOT lining the holes with brass tubing. The body has acrylic 'windows' (8mm acrylic rod inserted crossways into the blank before drilling), and two threaded 'collars' front and back. Some pics of the body under construction: [ATTACH]2941._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]2942._xfImport[/ATTACH] One of the key tricks with this type of project is ensuring that all of the collars line up to create a straight pen barrel. Here's my 'jig' for the glue-up: [ATTACH]2943._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]2944._xfImport[/ATTACH] More to follow as work progresses ... [/QUOTE]

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