dankc908
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Yesterday I made my first attempt to turn some stabilized wood (spalted mango). This wood had been 'professionally' stabilized by a company that I do not wish to name, yet. I had glued the tube in and all seemed OK until I began to do my barrel trimming (I use the Pen State barrel trimming kit which has served my purposes well). I always trim at the lowest speed on my drill press - the specs say 500 rpm, however, my gauge shows 480. The moment the cutterhead (yes it is still sharp) touched the wood the entire blank exploded on me - wood chips flying everywhere and most (but not all) of the wood exited the brass tube. I did another dozen wooden blanks of different woods, at the same time, without any problems. Did I do something wrong or is there another (better) way to deal with stabilized and/or spalted wood? Many thanks for any input on this issue!
Dan
Dan