Let me start off by saying that I swear I'm not making this up. I started making 2 Parker-style twist pens from Rockler today. The first one (cocobolo) turned out just fine. The second one (box elder) had a problem from the get go. I drilled the hole for the brass tube with a brand new drill bit...the same one I'd used on the cocobolo pen, but on the box elder pen the brass tubes bound up halfway through the blank. What gives? How can a brand new drill bit drill a hole that is narrower in the middle? I have a sneaky suspiscion that the wood is to blame. Any thoughts on the matter...especially solutions?
Thanks, John