Woodchipper
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Masking tape is a must on any workbench. When I built custom fishing rods, the practice was to use layers of masking tape to fill in the spaces between the rod blank and the reel seat. I have an old aluminum arrow that I'm going to use for a Slim Line pen. The tube will go into the arrow shaft and has some space between the two. I do need to mike the nib and the arrow shaft OD (2117) to make sure it's a match. I realized today that the space between the tube and the shaft or other non-turned or machined blank could be filled with turns of masking tape. It is a practice to leave 1/4 to 3/8 inch between wraps. Fill in the gaps and coat the tape also. Hopes this helps someone down the road.