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When it felt smooth to my fingers I did the first pass with CA glue, then back and forth with the sandpaper and the glue until it looked shiny.</p>\n<p>Of course in the last few moments I totally cracked the smallest of the rings (by the tip) but it’s my first pen and it’ll be a gift to family so I’m letting it go <img src=\"https://sjc3.discourse-cdn.com/business5/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=9\" title=\":slight_smile:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":slight_smile:\"></p>\n<p><div class=\"lightbox-wrapper\"><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/original/3X/1/2/122311bfe0bc216a9cc84e4ed11ad345ece9f963.jpeg\" data-download-href=\"/uploads/short-url/2ArJgLUvMiN23v5rUsRwXeJ5FWb.jpeg?dl=1\" title=\"IMG_20191202_204526020\"><img src=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/optimized/3X/1/2/122311bfe0bc216a9cc84e4ed11ad345ece9f963_2_375x500.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_20191202_204526020\" data-base62-sha1=\"2ArJgLUvMiN23v5rUsRwXeJ5FWb\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/optimized/3X/1/2/122311bfe0bc216a9cc84e4ed11ad345ece9f963_2_375x500.jpeg, https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/optimized/3X/1/2/122311bfe0bc216a9cc84e4ed11ad345ece9f963_2_562x750.jpeg 1.5x, https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/optimized/3X/1/2/122311bfe0bc216a9cc84e4ed11ad345ece9f963_2_750x1000.jpeg 2x\" data-small-upload=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/optimized/3X/1/2/122311bfe0bc216a9cc84e4ed11ad345ece9f963_2_10x10.png\"><div class=\"meta\">\n<svg class=\"fa d-icon d-icon-far-image svg-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#far-image\"></use></svg><span class=\"filename\">IMG_20191202_204526020</span><span class=\"informations\">3024×4032 2.73 MB</span><svg class=\"fa d-icon d-icon-discourse-expand svg-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#discourse-expand\"></use></svg>\n</div></a></div></p>\n<p>Heh - my wood was still in the machine <img src=\"https://sjc3.discourse-cdn.com/business5/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=9\" title=\":slight_smile:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":slight_smile:\"> My fancy fancy pattern in case anyone wants to emulate!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/glowforge/original/3X/1/a/1a7873c9fbe7d6fbe24a82ed5a2a45d63a585a4a.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" data-base62-sha1=\"3MatTaX35ru5ZLbNlBTP5Ooppjk\" width=\"531\" height=\"356\"></p>\n<p>My first try I did the center holes at exactly 9.77mm (outer diameter of the brass tubes that go in the center) presuming kerf would take care of being able to fit them…not so much. The 2nd run enlarged the inner diameter to 9.90mm and that fit beautifully.</p>","excerpt":"\nFolks on here were talking about using CA glue to get a shiny surface on wood, that led me to wondering about pens. 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