R.T I can cut 6 wood pens in the time it takes me to cut 1 resin. The good news is you must have drilled them okay, because your cutting. Get the biggest scrapper you have, sorry, but sharpen it again. I cut my resins right to left, slightly tilt your scrapper on an angle like this hash mark ( / )and pull towards you. Another method I use if the resin is REAL hard, I lay my scraper on my rest flat and just rotate it, or swing it r-l staying in one spot, till I can get it round, then I just keep moving down the blank this way. What ever trick works best. once it is round, it will shave allot easier. You know you have the cut right (after it is round) when a thin ribbon starts comming off in one piece, that's a pain in the ass too. because that ribbon ussually wraps around your work and mandrel and you have to stop your lathe to get it out of the way. Go for it R.T. If it was easy, everybody wood make them. good luck, Anthony