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Hi I have made quite a few of these pens and always use 25mm African Blackwood for the cap end and if its a plastic look your after then it will polish up to look like plastic but if you really want to use plastic then I would suggest you cut your blank to long and dont exit with the drill and cut the excess off after also when you mount your blank in the vice use a small engineer's square to make sure it is upright then just touch the blank lightly with the drill running to see if you are central and make any adjustments if needed and withdrawing often to clear the swarf and you should be OK good luck look forward to seeing your pen
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[QUOTE="Woody, post: 216828, member: 192"] Hi I have made quite a few of these pens and always use 25mm African Blackwood for the cap end and if its a plastic look your after then it will polish up to look like plastic but if you really want to use plastic then I would suggest you cut your blank to long and dont exit with the drill and cut the excess off after also when you mount your blank in the vice use a small engineer's square to make sure it is upright then just touch the blank lightly with the drill running to see if you are central and make any adjustments if needed and withdrawing often to clear the swarf and you should be OK good luck look forward to seeing your pen [ATTACH]22492._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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