Kitless pen in red sparkle acrylic material

A red sparkle kit-less pen. The pen came out generally OK but there were deformations from the heat of polishing at places.Also the cap finial shifted to one side and bottom of the section cracked at one place. This is a beautiful blank but working with it is difficult as it is too brittle and since I am using this for the first time it was difficult to decide on the correct cutting speed. Too slow - the material tend to chip off, and faster it causes plastic deformation!