Brian McInturff
11-26-2006, 3:32 PM
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51042I turned this a while back. The wife saw and and saidshe could salvage it if I could find enough of the parts. Well I guess I found enough. This didn't explode until I was buffing the finish out. I had it spinning at about 500rpm. The force of it turning is what caused it to explode. It split in half right at the tennon. The piece with the tennon stayed in the chuck and the other half flew against the wall and shattered. This wood was real punky, to the point it was hard to get a shear cut. I should've known better. The piece sits on the mantle with the good side showing and an artificial flower arrangement in it. All in all I guess she saved it because we get a lot of comments about it.
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51042I turned this a while back. The wife saw and and saidshe could salvage it if I could find enough of the parts. Well I guess I found enough. This didn't explode until I was buffing the finish out. I had it spinning at about 500rpm. The force of it turning is what caused it to explode. It split in half right at the tennon. The piece with the tennon stayed in the chuck and the other half flew against the wall and shattered. This wood was real punky, to the point it was hard to get a shear cut. I should've known better. The piece sits on the mantle with the good side showing and an artificial flower arrangement in it. All in all I guess she saved it because we get a lot of comments about it.