"Norman Billingham" wrote in message
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"Gary Kunstmann" wrote in message
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What is the safest method to trim the excess from red oak 2 X 2 spindle
blanks before turning?

If you mean how do you reduce a square blank to cylindrical, the quickest
and easiest way is to mount the wood in the lathe and use a spindle
roughing gouge - that's what it's designed to do.


Gotta agree with you on this one. A 2x2 is just not big enough to cause any
problems when roughing out.