Hi everyone, beginner pen turner here. I bought all my supplies around a year ago and finally decided to give it a try. I've made 2 pens so far, just as experiments to see what I need to be doing differently here and there, and overall, it has been going smoothly. HOWEVER. I have one major concern about the barrel trimmer and pilot shaft. I have a problem where after squaring the ends of my blanks, the brass tube seems to get warped or misshaped and no longer slides onto the mandrel without serious force. After the first time this happened, I tested the tubes to make sure they actually fit on the mandrel (which I can't see why they wouldn't fit), and they slid on no problem. Any ideas? I use the barrel trimmer on my drill and not the drill press, although I've seen countless people use their drill on YouTube and they don't have this problem. I'm not convinced that the drill press would solve any issues. Any help is very much appreciated!
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