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Screwed up two stems before getting this one right. First one I sanded into the draught hole while tapering it, and the second I didn't connect the holes when I went in from the bit end. Thanks to Sasquatch, I now know of a trick to figure out where my exit hole is going to be, which is helpful since it's definitely not going to be centered.
Aside from some minor surface flaws (it's for me, I don't really care) and a gap at the shank/stem junction (unavoidable with my current tooling) I'm happy with it. There are also some uneven places on the shank, but I was just too lazy to even them out, and it was getting too thin in the first place. With the Pimo tool the biggest stem I can get is .5" so I don't have a lot of room to work with. I know excuses, excuses.
Would love any advise and tips anyway. Thanks.
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