babyblues
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I have a few pieces of lignum vitae that are cutoffs from some underwater bearings we made at the machine shop I work for. It's all been sitting in a bucket of water to keep it from cracking.
I'm wondering how to go about processing this for turning. There might be a couple of pieces large enough for a small bowl, but the rest is too small for anything bigger than a pen. Should I cut it into pen blanks while it's wet and hope for the best as they dry? Or is there a way to dry it out slowly to minimize cracks before I cut it up? Does the boiling trick work with lignum vitae?
I'm wondering how to go about processing this for turning. There might be a couple of pieces large enough for a small bowl, but the rest is too small for anything bigger than a pen. Should I cut it into pen blanks while it's wet and hope for the best as they dry? Or is there a way to dry it out slowly to minimize cracks before I cut it up? Does the boiling trick work with lignum vitae?