Curtis
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Alright I have been turning for a couple of years, but mostly square stuff to round and making tree limbs smaller. The only useful things I have made are reel seats for fishing rods out of acrylic. The last couple of days I have been working with wood. I been using scraps to make blanks, and after drilling and gluing the brass tube in I turn them down. The first one was 2 pieces 1"x3/8"x5 ½" 1 piece 1"x1/8"x5 ½" glued with the 1/8" piece in the middle. It split at the end of one piece. The second the bushings cut in to the end of the blanks and when turned down to size left chips at the ends. The third was 1"x1"x1/2" squares glued together. After getting them lathed down to about 1/8" bigger than the bushings I turned the speed down on the lathe and with a light hand started to lathe the rest down, the chisel caught and the blank flew apart. I love working with wood, but I stink at it. It's one of those love hate relationships.