marty - fred H gave you one good reply, another possibility is that you are
turning too fast - but fred's answer is more likely the culprit - the sound
of a bowl as you cut it changes if there is a crack - if you hear the
change, stop, put some CA in the crack, wait a moment and continue. I
rarely have a bowl blow up now, though it used to be more common - I suppose
it has something to do with my learning something. I've also discovered
that I just don't get catches any more - well, maybe once, but very rarely -
again, I imagine I learned something
"Marty G" wrote in message
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Is it me or do others have problems with bowl blanks from WOODCRAFT. The
last threee blanks I have gotten from them have 1, warpped, 2 cracked, and
the last one just blew up as I was turning it. Just your basic 4" by
2-1/2" blank, it still had a 3/8" wall when both cross grain sides blew
out. This was a Blank that I got about 4 months ago and it has been
sitting in my HOT shed for all that time.