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Steve Turner writes:
On 3/30/2011 1:13 PM, Limp Arbor wrote:
On Mar 29, 2:30 pm, Gary wrote:
What is the safest method to trim the excess from red oak 2 X 2 spindle
blanks before turning?

Handplane

Bingo. I've done this many times. Hell of a lot faster than roughing it in on
the lathe.

Since some time last summer, when I settled down for some unproductive
yet inspiring time with a Raffan DVD, and had the "You can do that
and not die?" moment, I'd say a skew chisel.

Once you get the angle against the shadow working, it is just swoop,
swoop, swoop, and you have, um, well, a stack of ex-firewood round
spindles in the garage waiting for your to do *something* with them.

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