The subject kind of sums it up. I have a project I am working on, getting an early start on Christmas gifts. I am wanting to turn 12" tall 3.25" diameter base cones to act as bracelet holders for my wife. She saw a couple of them used as a display at a local boutique that she loved the holders but hated the bracelets...
So I got busy in the shop. Mostly honing my skills on turning back up. I knocked out a quick blank out of laminated 2x4 stock that was plenty stable, or I thought it was. This was supposed to be milk painted so I figured SYP would be fine...
Put the spur drive in, lined up the live center, cranked it down, and got to turning. Got a rough cylinder shape no problem, got the base turned nicely, worked my way down the taper no problem. I get the cone shape nice and even, the center had about 3/8" still attaching it to the chunk to be cut off, I was going over it sanding when it happened...
The *#$% stock split smooth down the middle!
Not on a glue line, and not even along one of the points where the spur drive entered, but literally about 22.5 deg off, smack between the blades of the spur drive...
I guess that SYP wasn't quite as stable as I thought it was...
VERY tempted to do a maple / black walnut alternating glue up and do this in Danish oil instead of paint...
Okay, just had to rant. And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
So I got busy in the shop. Mostly honing my skills on turning back up. I knocked out a quick blank out of laminated 2x4 stock that was plenty stable, or I thought it was. This was supposed to be milk painted so I figured SYP would be fine...
Put the spur drive in, lined up the live center, cranked it down, and got to turning. Got a rough cylinder shape no problem, got the base turned nicely, worked my way down the taper no problem. I get the cone shape nice and even, the center had about 3/8" still attaching it to the chunk to be cut off, I was going over it sanding when it happened...
The *#$% stock split smooth down the middle!
Not on a glue line, and not even along one of the points where the spur drive entered, but literally about 22.5 deg off, smack between the blades of the spur drive...
I guess that SYP wasn't quite as stable as I thought it was...
VERY tempted to do a maple / black walnut alternating glue up and do this in Danish oil instead of paint...
Okay, just had to rant. And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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