Hillbilly
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Ok I bought some nice pieces of spalted crabapple from Louis. He said stablizing with ca would benifit these blanks.
I will take some pics of my disaster.:thunder:
First I noticed a blowout in the center of the blank so I grabed the ca and sand paper and tried to fill it in. It worked but the holes were filled with sanding dust...(imagine that). The blank did stiffen up so I started running the ca bottle across the top of the blank as it spun on the lathe every-so-often as I turned, just trying to keep it together.
It worked ok but it discolored the blank. To be honest I didnt have an idea to what I was doing. I was just tring to keep from getting big holes in the blank.
I have 4 left and their really nice pieces and I dont want to lose them
I will wait to hear from you all before I turn another one. I think one problem was, I took it down to fast. I may use my skew alot earlier next time.
BTW these are my first challenging or difficult blanks to turn. I'm not putting down these blanks their beautiful. Its just me and I take it as a challenge.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
I will take some pics of my disaster.:thunder:
First I noticed a blowout in the center of the blank so I grabed the ca and sand paper and tried to fill it in. It worked but the holes were filled with sanding dust...(imagine that). The blank did stiffen up so I started running the ca bottle across the top of the blank as it spun on the lathe every-so-often as I turned, just trying to keep it together.
It worked ok but it discolored the blank. To be honest I didnt have an idea to what I was doing. I was just tring to keep from getting big holes in the blank.
I have 4 left and their really nice pieces and I dont want to lose them
I will wait to hear from you all before I turn another one. I think one problem was, I took it down to fast. I may use my skew alot earlier next time.
BTW these are my first challenging or difficult blanks to turn. I'm not putting down these blanks their beautiful. Its just me and I take it as a challenge.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
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