Barry N. Turner wrote:
I tried my first square-edge bowl today. The blank was a 5" x5" x 2" piece
of Honduras Mahogany. All went well as I mounted the blank on the woodworm
screw of my Super Nova chuck and proceeded to turn the back side of the
bowl. I was sanding with a small piece of sandpaper, when my hand slipped
and a couple of the wings cut two small, but deep gashes in my second
finger. Ouch!

A safer approach is to glue scrap to the edges before you start turning.
Then you can turn and sand a round bowl, and finish by cutting / planing
/ sanding the scrap off of the edges.

Obviously this only works for straight edged bowls and is no good for
waney / natural edges.

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Derek Andrews, woodturner

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