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alankulwicki7

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I was coring out a large ash blank today when I had a little catch.

Actually I wish it was just a 'little' catch:eek:. Actually it was a major catch and the bowl blank came flying out of the chuck and bent the heck out the coring tool. FYI the bottom knife isn't supposed to have that extra curve. Ugh.:mad:

Now I've got to see if I can straighten this thing back out again....
 

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alankulwicki7 said:
I was coring out a large ash blank today when I had a little catch.

Actually I wish it was just a 'little' catch:eek:. Actually it was a major catch and the bowl blank came flying out of the chuck and bent the heck out the coring tool. FYI the bottom knife isn't supposed to have that extra curve. Ugh.:mad:

Now I've got to see if I can straighten this thing back out again....
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:eek:
 
The Penguin said:
alankulwicki7 said:
I was coring out a large ash blank today when I had a little catch.

Actually I wish it was just a 'little' catch:eek:. Actually it was a major catch and the bowl blank came flying out of the chuck and bent the heck out the coring tool. FYI the bottom knife isn't supposed to have that extra curve. Ugh.:mad:

Now I've got to see if I can straighten this thing back out again....
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:eek:
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Not again but for the first time :smile:

JimB said:
Wow, how big was the blank that it bent your tool like that? I'm glad nothing worse happened.
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The blank is about 16" x 6". It's ash so it's pretty heavy, too. Yes, I feel pretty fortunate. I was hoping to get some bowls done today but after this happened I decided to finish off some birdhouse ornaments that I have been working on.
 
So glad you are alright. You could have got hit with the blank but at least you are ok and hope you can fix that tool also and those catches sure can catch you.. Had a couple of nasty ones on the first bowl I turned but I was able to work them out and save the bowl. Kind of scares me a little bit. Fay
 
Thanks for the replies. I sent this photo to Kelton and he replied back within 24 hours. He then called me and asked for more pictures. I sent the photos last night and he's going to give me a call to discuss the situation.
Since this is a set I bought used, I'm not sure if the tip has been modified (I don't think so) but Kel wants to look things over in the photos. So far I'm pretty pleased with how Kel has handled the situation. I wasn't really expecting much but I hope to learn something from this for future coring projects!
 
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