"samson" wrote in message
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Thanks, I will try that. I cut a little 1/8 notch in
my spindle using a scraper on pine wood. It really tore
up the wood. I will sharpen the blade, as the other suggested,
and try again.

I made the other notches using my chisel.


Notch in the spindle? Does that mean you were cutting a piece between
centers with the grain running long? If so, different animal altogether.
That's pretty much broadside scraping and prone to disaster. You want to
slide in and peel along the grain. If it's a spindle orientation you're
working with, say so and maybe you can get better advice.

Good, basic stuff here at Darrell's site.
http://www.aroundthewoods.com/book1/preface.html