Well, I tried my luck turning acrylic for the first time tonight and had a blowout!... ... not while turning but while milling the blank .. I think I didn't get enough CA on the end and it caught just right and boom!! My first blowout..

Because it was stuck in there and I didn't have another 3/8" insert I went ahead and put it on the mandrel and "played" with it for a bit to get used to turning acrylic then just turned it down to the insert so I could re-use it.. ...

Drilled another blank, milled it MORE carefully this time and turned away.... came out pretty good I think. The wife is in the process of sending a pic to all her internet friends and so far they ALL want one.. LOL

Anyway, here's a shot of the final product....



Combo-Pen2 in Blue Ocean Green acrylic from PSI

Comments and suggestion welcome...

Dave