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    wood with soft/punky section - strategy?

    Short version: What strategies do you use to turn pieces that have punky/soft wood section? Is this junk wood not worth turning? Longer version: A friend provided the lowest section of a maple trunk from his yard tree. This is turning fodder for me to turn larger pieces. I am relatively new...
    • Henry W
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    • section soft or punky strategy wood
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Woodturning
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    Uncovered pith Section - How to fix?

    I uncovered a section of pith when I cut the oval into my rectangular table top glueup. :eusa_doh: Here's a pic. The pith area is the round one near the center of the pic. The other light colored areas are just the rough edge from the jigsaw, I haven't shaved that area flat yet. I...
  3. WoodWrangler

    [Suggestion-Other] New Forum Section for "Gloats"

    Gloats are pretty fun around here and a good portion of the website ... however, they seem to get placed in many different forum sections. Maybe we need a dedicated section for "Gloats" (Maybe a "I Rock!" section so we can all confirm with "You Rock!" comments! :icon_scra) Or just something...
  4. SteveColes

    For Sale Section - Once again

    We really need to decide if we want to keep the Classified Ads software or not. I think it has both advantages and disadvantages and am not sure which way to go. The reason I cut off the earlier discussion was because, we really weren't getting the type of feedback we need. That is mostly my...
  5. Handturnedbowls

    New tutorial 1-26-05 in download section

    I have been asked more than any other question about my bowls, how do I cut the log up to get my bowl blanks. For the benefit of anyone mildly interested or who genuinely want to start gathering their own turning material, I deposited a new visual tutorial on each step to get the most out of...
  6. Handturnedbowls

    Tutorial available in download section

    At the behest of Cskipper (Cathy) and a few other members I was motivated to spend some time today making a tutorial on making lathe tools yourself. This tutorial is a pdf file. It covers obtaining tool steel, where to get it, how to shape it, harden it and anneal it, then mount it in a handle...
  7. R

    Plan Download Section

    Thanks to Steve for getting the download section up and running. I have uploaded some of what I have accumulated and hope others will as well. I subscribe to a newsletter that includes a free plan, and will upload them periodically as I get them. This is a very good opportunity to share...

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