So first, I need to sand down more to the bushing. I was a little worried about how far down to go. Now I know all the way. Lol Second thing, I need to put a piece of wood against my penpressxl plastic stopper. It was trying to sink into the beveled hole and making my clip stud go in crooked. I wound up turning the pen around and the wood end mushroomed a little. They should have included a solid plastic stopper also. I couldn't reassure myself to doing a CA finish so I used shellac. Anyway, first one done and things learned. I do have add also that my new grizzly lathe only came with a 12" tool rest. I wound up sanding a lot as I didnt want a tool to catch at 1 1/2" away from my work. Gotta get me a 6" tool rest for sure.
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