Sappheiros
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In a recent post, I had mentioned a friend of mine had given me some gorgeous Brazilian Cherry wood. I've got some questions.
Is it better to turn hardwoods or softer ones? When squaring the blanks, they just didn't want to go down! The squaring tool was practically burning the wood... Is the lathe going too fast? When I was drilling, with my tailstock locked tight, the wood was making an awful screeching (the same thing that happened when I tried the African Blackwood. What causes this? I assumed my tailstock was loose so I tightened it up and it persisted.
Lately, I've been using the squaring tool on my drilling tailstock. I have no problem squaring acrylic, but any wood I've tried just denses up and won't turn down (when using my drill press). I figured, with the lathe I can extend the tailstock and while it does seem to work, I can tell the wood is fighting it. It's also difficult to square to the proper length. I've accidentally squared into the brass tubing. My jeweler files work well in fixing that, but I don't want to have that problem to fix in the first place. What am I doing?
Is it better to turn hardwoods or softer ones? When squaring the blanks, they just didn't want to go down! The squaring tool was practically burning the wood... Is the lathe going too fast? When I was drilling, with my tailstock locked tight, the wood was making an awful screeching (the same thing that happened when I tried the African Blackwood. What causes this? I assumed my tailstock was loose so I tightened it up and it persisted.
Lately, I've been using the squaring tool on my drilling tailstock. I have no problem squaring acrylic, but any wood I've tried just denses up and won't turn down (when using my drill press). I figured, with the lathe I can extend the tailstock and while it does seem to work, I can tell the wood is fighting it. It's also difficult to square to the proper length. I've accidentally squared into the brass tubing. My jeweler files work well in fixing that, but I don't want to have that problem to fix in the first place. What am I doing?