Thanks Quinn, but farrr away from professional. the pro's have it down pat and it's them sharing their secrets on forums like this that help me to improve my skills. The real pros, Ron Kusse, Walt Carpenters, Allen Thramers, Rich Margiotta's, Mike Brooks, Matt Loomis, people like that, are eager to help hobbyists like me and I don't mind sharing what I have learned from them.

AgMD - do you stabilize your inserts? I got some stuff from Mike Brooks a couple of years ago that is used for impregnating bamboo and I found out that it works GREAT on inserts, jsut takes a while for it to cure. I like the handrubbed appearance of inserts. I got one from Mike McFarland for that glass rod that I just built and it looked like glass. Going to try your hand rubbed method, sounds like a pretty solid process.

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