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Ok, an update and a huge thank you to everyone who added their collective knowledge to this as it REALLY helped me out.


Problem was, I’m convinced, the hole being slightly bigger than it should be. I’ll look for the 9.7 or 9.8 mm drill bit for this particular pen set (as I like this kit).  If I can’t find locally, Brisbane (disgustingly hot and humid but the gorilla glue should like that :funny:), I’ll order from the link someone kindly gave me for eBay UK as I’ll be home in sunny Hertfordshire for Christmas.


As an update though .... having blended the excellent advice you’ll all provided I’ve done a load more glue ups, on wood. Has 100% success rate with the tube staying firmly in place. Yay!!! Much more fun now :)


Even managed, using epoxy, a couple of acrylics and tubes stayed out there as well.  Managed to shatter one of those, but it was brittle and I’m still learning, but other one worked perfectly ..... well, turning wise, it ended up being too thin for that particular pen kit and I could see the tube through the acrylic which spoiled it.  However, I much prefer wood so don’t expect to do too many acrylic.


So, thank you everyone, this thread has really solved my issue and got me turning with so much less frustration :banana:


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