Jdubfudge
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I'm having some issues with some kauri wood I have. I bought a board and cut down the blanks which have been sitting in my garage in Hawaii for about 3 months now. The blanks feel awfully dry and when I drilled them out on my lathe I had two split on me. Then when I finally got a blank to drill, it blew off the lathe.
While I'm fairly new to wood working, Ihve turned some nice pens and I'm not new to wood working in general. I already know my tool was a little dull but it didn't affect the koa pens I made tonight. When I was working the blank, I notice some substantial heat transferring to my tool. Almost too hot to the touch. But again, I had no issues with the koa.
So my question is kauri wood just a pain to work with? Do people stabilize it before working with it? While I like the novelty of the claimed age, to me the bang might not be worth it, when I typically work with koa or other Hawaiian woods that I feel are prettier.
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While I'm fairly new to wood working, Ihve turned some nice pens and I'm not new to wood working in general. I already know my tool was a little dull but it didn't affect the koa pens I made tonight. When I was working the blank, I notice some substantial heat transferring to my tool. Almost too hot to the touch. But again, I had no issues with the koa.
So my question is kauri wood just a pain to work with? Do people stabilize it before working with it? While I like the novelty of the claimed age, to me the bang might not be worth it, when I typically work with koa or other Hawaiian woods that I feel are prettier.
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