Now you're on to something - wrap with several layers of silk
fly-rod-building thread and give it a coat of varnish. Classy!

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Chuck Taylor  wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>
> > No, no, no. The problem with making a hexagonal pencil round by
> subtraction
> > (planing, turning, dowel machine, dowel plate) is that you make it
> smaller
> > in diameter. That would negate both the comfort factor and the fit in the
> > divider.
>
> No problem! Just pound the pencil through the dowel plate to make it
> round, then wrap it with duct tape to restore it to the desired diameter.
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck Taylor
> north of Seattle
>



-- 
Steve Jones