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I found this article describing a swirl inlay technique on LumberJocks.com. I figured I’d give it a try. Here’s what I did.

: Make a mark on all four sides of the pen blank

: Set the table saw blad height to less than half of the blank height

: Line up the the center of the blank with a mark on your miter sled

: After the first cut, turn the pen blank to the next side and line up the center mark

: Contine to cut the next sides keeping the center mark aligned

: Here’s what the blank looks like with all four sides cut

: Here’s what the blank looks like with all four sides cut on each pen part

: Here’s what the blank looks like with all four sides cut on each pen part

: Cut the strips to place in the cuts on the pen blank

: Cut the extra wood from the pen blank

: Sand the pen blank to take off the edges

: Cut the pen blank in half

: The pen blank cut in half

: Drill the pen blank

: Mark the 2nd pen blank with a pencil to line up the holes

: The mark on the 2nd pen blank to make sure the hole is in the right place

: Drill the pen blank

: Glue the brass tubes into the pen blank

: One of the pen blank halves rough turned

: Beginning the sanding and finishing phase

: All sanding and finishing is done

: The pen tubes and kit parts – ready for assembly

: Pen kit layed out ready to press the parts together

: Pressing the pen pieces together

: Pressing the end cap on the pen

: Insert the rollerball and assemble the pen

: Line up the to pen pieces before pressing the cap parts on

: Pressing the cap pieces together

: The assembled pen

Along the way I realized a stop block would be a better method than lining up the center line with a pencil mark. I’ll do that next time. Also, my angle was a perfect 45 degree angle. It looked good, but I think my next miter sled with have an adjustable angle and I will make it a bit steeper.

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