Paul Downes
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Blew up another bloodwood blank. That makes 3 in a row. This is angle cut, which shows off a beautiful irredescence. This wood is brittle as heck. I have been having quite the time getting the ends milled. I tried sanding the blanks close and figured on lightly milling the ends after turning the blanks. Found out that doesn't work so well either.
This caused me to have a eureka thought. I'm going to turn a steel cylinder the size of a mill cutter and stick psa sandpaper on it to square up the blanks. Just need a 1/4" hole through it to accept the mill shaft. I'm sure this will work much better on those woods that like to cause 'air' pollution in the shop. I have the carbide cutters- and really like them for some woods, but am of the opinion that the rake angle is too sharp for many woods. aathese cutters tend to bite rather hard on hard dense woods like ebony and cocobolo. I guess if I want a cutter with a neutral or negative rake angle I'll just have to make them myself.
This caused me to have a eureka thought. I'm going to turn a steel cylinder the size of a mill cutter and stick psa sandpaper on it to square up the blanks. Just need a 1/4" hole through it to accept the mill shaft. I'm sure this will work much better on those woods that like to cause 'air' pollution in the shop. I have the carbide cutters- and really like them for some woods, but am of the opinion that the rake angle is too sharp for many woods. aathese cutters tend to bite rather hard on hard dense woods like ebony and cocobolo. I guess if I want a cutter with a neutral or negative rake angle I'll just have to make them myself.