A friend asked me if I could make her a corn cob pen so I picked up a stabilized corn cob from Woodcraft to try my hand at it. I read a few threads on here as well as the doc from Pat Lawson in the library and figured I knew what to do. I got it cut and drilled without incident and glued in the tube and trimmed it without a problem. I mounted it up to start the thin CA stabilizing process and I noticed that after I had drenched the blank in CA it started smoking. There was also smoke coming from the drippings that had fallen onto the paper towel (viva) that I laid down to prevent glue from getting on the lathe. I spun the blank by hand until it dried and when it was done it was actually quite hot. I wasn't sure at first if it was vapor from the glue or smoke but after touching it I knew that it was indeed smoke from heat generated.
Is this normal?
Is this normal?