snyiper
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From the first celtic knot I saw here I was hooked!! Couldn't cut straight to save my soul, tried table saw, no zero clearance or sled. Tried band saw, nope small table top saws are hard to keep the blade from turning. Old mitre saw up in the joist, nope wore out and saw missing!! Ok I buy a sweet stanley clamping miter box and saw sweeet!!! I can now cut nice straight angles by hand....next issue the Knot did you know 45 deg cut make a awfully tight knot? I do now! I have tried copper credit cards and aluminum flashing all blew apart close to the end. I have used Gorilla glue, thick,thin and med CA tried 5 min epoxy all exploded. The only thing I can figure is that a noobie learning to turn should not try celtic knots on slimline pen blanks!!! So with this new found knowledge (the hard way) I am backing up a tad and going to do some simple stuff separating different material with slims anyway. Those of you that can do a slim have my utmost respect That is something I will one day conquer! Thanks for letting me rant, yea I just blew apart another one....LOL