Scott.tudhope
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I was trying my first tru-stone today (banded malachite). As I was getting close to the size I needed I stopped the lathe to look at it and noticed some small cracks at the end of it. I fixed those up with some ca and moved on.
I started the lower barrel and had the same thing. Small cracks at the end of the blank once it was close to size. Again with with the ca, only this time as I was getting just about done the whole blank flew apart.
I sharpened my tools at least 5 times while working this blank. Any other ideas on where I may be going wrong on this?
I started the lower barrel and had the same thing. Small cracks at the end of the blank once it was close to size. Again with with the ca, only this time as I was getting just about done the whole blank flew apart.
I sharpened my tools at least 5 times while working this blank. Any other ideas on where I may be going wrong on this?