Russknan
Member
I have seen some beautiful tutorials in the library on how to make blind clip recesses. My question is a lower-tech one from a relative newbie. I've made a few of the above pens which require a small recess to be cut in the top to accommodate a part of the pen clip which gets set into it. This requires cutting through both the wood and the underlying brass tube. I've tried using a plain wood file (slow and not sufficiently accurate in my use) and a Dremel with a round diamond stone (much faster, but I tend to wobble either the holding or Dremel hand and wind up with a slot that's too wide or not quite perpendicular to the pen shaft.) I don't know whether I just need to practice more, or whether the more experienced people out there have a better way of doing it. It's a shame to produce some nicely finished and turned blanks, only to be dissatisfied with the slot at the time of assembly. Russ