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Owen Lowe
 
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Default Inserts Tooling - Why Not For Wood?

In article Ylnyf.908$MG1.659@trnddc05,
Lobby Dosser wrote:

the carbon steel will cut like a razor and give you an almost polished
finish

BUT

The carbon steel will dull quickly


BUT. The carbon steel can be sharpened quickly.


Damn, I've got a yin in my yang.

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Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.