marcruby
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I've been fiddling with a slight adaptation of LauLauWoods Click pen and I think I've figured out why most of the examples I've seen have been segmented. There's nothing like having 4+ inches of bit jam in a piece of expensive lucite, followed by an hour of struggling to get the bit back out, to teach this turner a lesson.
I thought I was drilling slowly and clearing the passage religiously. The truth is that I wasn't even close. When you're that deep in plastic another eight of an inch can be a long way. Anyway, one nick on my pointing finger and and ounce of WD40 later I have a drilled lucite blank that, strangely enough, is actually centered from end to end.
Next time I'll cut the segments, drill them individually and then glue everything up.
Marc
I thought I was drilling slowly and clearing the passage religiously. The truth is that I wasn't even close. When you're that deep in plastic another eight of an inch can be a long way. Anyway, one nick on my pointing finger and and ounce of WD40 later I have a drilled lucite blank that, strangely enough, is actually centered from end to end.
Next time I'll cut the segments, drill them individually and then glue everything up.
Marc