Hello everyone, it is amazing to see all of the pretty segmented pens along with the knot pens. I would hate to spend all my time putting one together and have it not come out. I have been trying some segmented pens along with some celtic knot pens. I have tried different ways of doing this and I am getting close. It's still with the drilling the blank. I think the one thing I might be missing is when you start do you square the blank up. I do cut and square the ends but do you do the length? Are is that important? If you do what do you use a belt sander, jointer are a planer?