Fred wrote:
I've been turning some shallow bowls and plates by hot gluing a stubby
wooden cylinder to the block (bottom of the piece) and clamping it in
the chuck. When I am done with the lathe work I am cutting the work
piece off of the temporary chuck cylinder. In trying to conserve as
much of my block as possible I end up parting at about the glue joint.
Some of the glue ends up melting on the parting tool which is pretty
easily removed. Some glue residue remains on the piece after I have cut
it off. How is the best way to remove the hot glue residue from the
work piece?

Thanks,

Fred

Methyl Hydrate. I use a syringe and trickle some on the joint. The glue
joint just falls apart. You can in most cases do this even with a
finish on and it will not affect it, however not on lacquer as it
leaves white streaks.

Mike