Rifleman1776
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Blow outs happen. But this particular batch of maple burl is proving extra frustrating. And, now, mysterious. This wood was stabilized by River Ridge so it should be fairly stout stuff. Not so. Had two blow up on the drill press, one from top, other bottom. Now this one on the lathe. But, as can be seen, the failure was (almost) understandable. There isn't the slightest sign of glue (epoxy) on the wood even though the tube was well covered with it. I'm going to have to rethink my glueing technique. Perhaps more in and out movement and twisting. Not sure what caused this. Getting expensive going though all those nice stabilized blanks. Have to try again.