wood-of-1kind
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Well I've turned my first snakewood blank and like so many others before me I came away Yup, cracks throughout the body. Beautiful wood but oh so difficult to achieve A1 results. My suspicion (like others) is that the cracks are the result of heat(friction) from turning and perhaps the CA adhesive itself. CA glue and high friction = TROUBLE IMHO. This wood really shrinks like no other. I drilled my pen blank three weeks ago and had to redrill since the brass tubing could not be inserted in the blank. Down the road I will substitute my adhesive and ease up between my cuts and allow the wood to cool down with greater frequency and see if my results are any different.
[B)]-Peter-[B)]
PS. Angela, the bannia blanks are as spectacular as the snakewood and 'sans les cracks'.
[B)]-Peter-[B)]
PS. Angela, the bannia blanks are as spectacular as the snakewood and 'sans les cracks'.