On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:16:09 -0500, Steve Russell wrote
(in message ):

Hello Tom,

Welcome to the incurable addiction we all call "Woodturning"... :-)

CA's as others have pointed is the abbreviated name for Cyanoacrylate
Adhesives, aka "Super Glue." The more technical common name is alkyl
2-Cyanoacrylates. I wrote an in-depth article on CA's that you might like to
peruse for more information:

http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com...acrylates.html

I get the same error message at the link to the woodturning book. Perhaps
the link has changed and the page has not been updated? There are numerous
references to gouge grinds on the Internet. My website has several examples
as well. One thing you will learn is that although there are "standardized"
names for many different types of grinds, there can also be different names
for the same grind. :-o

snip some tex for brevity...
Thanks for your reply, Steve. I have started studying your website, and am
happy to find so much info there. Will check out the CA piece. I did find the
wood turning book at the Gutenberg site and it is now safely tucked away in
my 'puter.
Am starting to do a bit more experimenting with some green wood turning
exercises, using local birch I have good access to. Am going to try boiling
up a couple of pieces, too, just to see what happens. I am keeping my
projects small by most folks' standards. So far, I have done a small bowl,
turned green and then dried in a small convection oven. Have the heat on at
150 deg.F. for about 15 minues, and then let the oven cool back to ambient.
Cyle the oven off and on like this a few times each day, with the door open a
bit, to let the moisture out. First bowl was dry in 2 days, some checking on
the exposed end grain, but relatively minor. The beat goes on...
tom koehler

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I will find a way or make one.