winpooh498
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Is there a difference in the stabilizing process between stopper blanks and pen blanks? I have turned many stabilized spalted pen blanks without a problem. Today I tried to turn a stabilized spalted maple stopper, and it seemed like the stabilizing stuff didn’t penetrate the wood. I ended up having to add it to the reject pile because of all the tare out, very FRUSTRATING!! I used very sharp tools and a light touch. I even added CA to the wood as I turned and that didn’t even help. Is this normal for the larger blanks? Or did I just get a bad blank?
Thanks for your input[:X]
Dawn
Thanks for your input[:X]
Dawn