I turned a The Graduate today and I am at a loss. Everything seemed fine with a nice redwood blank until I went to assemble the pen....I then found that (a) the lower tube was off center in the hole and (b) the epoxy had not completely set up although it was done 4 days ago. I think my epoxy must have gone bad from sitting too long although it didn't seem to be all that long ago that I opened the tubes. It didn't come out so bad that I can't use it myself but I can't give it away or sell it.