davidrei
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I'm playing with segmented blanks that have lengthwise glue-ups. In the past, I've made half hearted attempts at grain alignment when assembling Barons & Jr. Gents, but with these blanks I want to be very precise. I've tried assembling the cap first, then screwing in the nib parts to the closed position, then lining up the lower barrel by eye and pressing the nib coupler into the lower barrel. It gets close, but not close enough. Any better methods for aligning the barrels during assembly?