What's stronger...HSS or Rubber?

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Brooks803

Brooks803

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Two words....HULK SMASH!

Sometimes I have anger issues when I snap a 5" ornament finial made of spalted amboyna burl...:at-wits-end:

The 55gal trash bin doesn't have a mark. Not bad for 1 swing huh...now I need a new bowl gouge.

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Jonathon, I am not going to loan you any of my tools,
If you do that to yours imagine what you would do to mine?
Is it covered by a "Warranty"?
May be alright now for turning the inside top of an Urn or Vase.
Better luck next time.
Brian.
 
Here is what you can do: get a similarly priced piece of wood and begin to turn it. Once it snaps, position yourself next to the same trash can. In that calm collected moment that you always have before you go swinging the gouge like baseball bat, rotate the tool 180 degrees. Attempt to samurai chop the can in half. There you go, straight as an arrow once again!
 
Joe S. said:
Here is what you can do: get a similarly priced piece of wood and begin to turn it. Once it snaps, position yourself next to the same trash can. In that calm collected moment that you always have before you go swinging the gouge like baseball bat, rotate the tool 180 degrees. Attempt to samurai chop the can in half. There you go, straight as an arrow once again!
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I second this solution! Sounds like you have the same frustration issues that I do. Or most turners for that matter. I can say I've never samurai copped anything but I have been known to fire blanks across the shop.
 
Brooks803 said:
Two words....HULK SMASH!

Sometimes I have anger issues when I snap a 5" ornament finial made of spalted amboyna burl...:at-wits-end:

The 55gal trash bin doesn't have a mark. Not bad for 1 swing huh...now I need a new bowl gouge.

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Jonathan,

I have a spare, 1/2" Ben's Best bowl gouge that's yours for the askin'

PM me with your and I'll get it moving in your direction.

Jeff
 
jeff said:
Brooks803 said:
Two words....HULK SMASH!

Sometimes I have anger issues when I snap a 5" ornament finial made of spalted amboyna burl...:at-wits-end:

The 55gal trash bin doesn't have a mark. Not bad for 1 swing huh...now I need a new bowl gouge.

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Jonathan,

I have a spare, 1/2" Ben's Best bowl gouge that's yours for the askin'

PM me with your and I'll get it moving in your direction.

Jeff
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And get him to autograph it. :biggrin:
 
MichaelD said:
Reminds me of some of the people I've met on the golf course.
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Got a best friend that we won't play golf with anymore as he must go thru a set of clubs a year. He has emptied mine and other friend's old club bags over the years looking for replacement clubs.

Nice guy otherwise...
 
Carl Fisher said:
You sure Tyson wasn't the one doing Hulk smash? :biggrin:

Sheesh!
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Lol...not this time. I didn't even realized how hard I hit the trash can till I went to make another cut. The tool just felt a little off :tongue:

Joe S. said:
Here is what you can do: get a similarly priced piece of wood and begin to turn it. Once it snaps, position yourself next to the same trash can. In that calm collected moment that you always have before you go swinging the gouge like baseball bat, rotate the tool 180 degrees. Attempt to samurai chop the can in half. There you go, straight as an arrow once again!
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Good idea Joe! I tried to do it the "right" way and put it in a vise. No good. Oh well...I just chalk it up to next time hit the wooden handle instead of the metal, it's apparently stronger :eek::biggrin:

SMJ1957 said:
some things might be better kept to yourself....
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like what....this comment? :tongue: almost everyone got it as it was intended...funny! Hence the "Hulk Smash" comment to start things off.

jeff said:
Brooks803 said:
Two words....HULK SMASH!

Sometimes I have anger issues when I snap a 5" ornament finial made of spalted amboyna burl...:at-wits-end:

The 55gal trash bin doesn't have a mark. Not bad for 1 swing huh...now I need a new bowl gouge.

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Jonathan,

I have a spare, 1/2" Ben's Best bowl gouge that's yours for the askin'

PM me with your and I'll get it moving in your direction.

Jeff
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I appreciate that Jeff! I think I will take you up on it. PM on it's way.
 
I agree with the comment about the hss supposed to be harder than rubber.... I have also see Tyson practice the hulk smash. There might be a contest in the future once Ty has returned from deployment. :D
 
It'll buff out!

Seriously, if it was so easy to bend out of shape, why won't it bend back? I would remove the cutter from the handle. And put long pipes over each end, then you will have a lot of leverage. If that doesn't work, why not try a little heat (i.e. torch) , before attempting coercion?

Maybe you might not to even want to use it again, but with my stubborn attitude, I would at least want to see if I could unbend it. :smile:
 
When I was hollowing out the Urn for my Uncle I caught a and bent my gouge about 4" back form the end.. It was handy for awhile to finish the inside but when I was done I just bent it back.. So far no issues with it.
 
Been there, done that. In my case I hit the the spinning work and split the handle.

You could cut it off just before the bend and put it in a new, longer handle. Would give you more control that way.

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