Get The Fit Right The First Time
Watch Barry Gross walk through the four moments in pen making where a small mistake in measuring, bushings, or centering leaves a refill that still sticks out even when it's fully retracted, or a blank that never quite sits flush. Along the way you'll see why calipers catch a shortened tube a disc sander or barrel trimmer can't, how swapping to plastic bushings keeps sanding dust from staining a light colored blank, and when to flip a blank and retrue it instead of sanding around a bad center. Whether you're squaring your first blank or you've been turning for years, this video will help you catch the mistake before assembly, not after.