Thanks all for looking.

 DevinT 
 commented about 2 hours ago 
... out came the Meguiar’s....
At least all the readers out there can ever say again they haven't heard of Meguiars.

I originally amassed my equipment for buffing pens and boxes.  When I started to make puzzles, tight tolerances made it near impossible to apply "conventional" finishes without re-dimensioning the pieces, so I gravitated to buffing.

When I tried to build a display unit using acrylic, I used CA as I didn't know about this type of goo,

and I think more CA went on the places it shouldn't than where it should.
Thank's to you (DT and this project of your's at LJ) for the education... (maybe a "tips entry" by someone who knows what they're doing wouldn't go astray).

But the damage had been done... I thought I had nothing to lose by trying the buffing system as the piece of acrylic was dead... that's why I had no hesitation of dolloping that CA in the middle... it was thick and had bits of tissue imbedded when I tried to wipe it off.  Sorry Lofty, but I'd hate to try that with the toothie.

I'm sure there are many different and probably better ways of doing this, but I already had the equipment as many woodies already have... and if you haven't, it's a handy piece of kit in your finishing arsenal.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD