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I also use soft clay or Play-Dough to plug one end of my tubes. I've turned a hard maple dowel to withing 0.005 diameter of the tube...

Harbor Freight has both blades and the handles. The handles are padded and NOT round and don't roll around off the workbench.

I’ve been interested in making these for a long time. This is my very first one. I need to up my finial game, but overall I think it’s a...

For the past year I have been working on developing my method of casting organic spiral pen blanks. I had figured out how to do a...

Welcome from Oklahoma. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Hello IAP, I'm Robert, a product development professional specializing in product design, prototyping, and manufacturing. I joined the...

Welcome from Oklahoma City. Enjoy the trail😜. (Oh, and I find foul language quite necessary 😂. Most used tool in the box!)

For someone so socially awkward, I tend to be quite verbose on internet fora. I had a long, drawn-out intro typed up but even I didn't...

Very nice

I use a transfer punch and hammer to knock it out.

I plug one end with modeling clay. I let the epoxy set up a bit then push out the plug with the appropriate size transfer pin from...

I’ve been interested in making these for a long time. This is my very first one. I need to up my finial game, but overall I think it’s a...

Over the years I have used a fixed blade X-acto style knife to remove the wax plug in my brass tubes. Having a hard time finding...

Very nice looking Christmas ornament!

Very impressive job!