I also use a chisel to remove it. The first few times I did it, I
completely saturated a thin paper bag with glue to glue it up. (I
think that I used a lunch bag.) I was unable to get it to fall apart
on the glue line, and had to chisel away the wooden block one bit at
at time.

I switched to thicker brown bags (the thickest grocery bags I could
find) and used less glue. It came apart in a couple of whacks, right
along the glue line.

David

On 13 Nov 2003 19:15:19 -0800, Kevin Neelley wrote:
I would use a sharp chisel, with the flat side facing your bowl so the bowl base
isn't damaged. Tap the chisel into the joint at several locations until the
bagged joint separates. You should put something under the bowl so it doesn't
fall onto your lathebed (or floor) and get damaged. Sand off the bag and
remaining glue or reverse turn the bowl.

Kevin
www.turnedwood.com


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I have turned my first bowl and would appreciate advice on how to remove
it from the wooden block it's glued to. I mounted a wood block on my
face plate, and using tightbond glue, attached my blank to it with a
brown paper bag between the block and the blank. Being it's my first
bowl, I dont want to mess it up now, especially because it came out
quite well. Will a good tug free it or should I use my parting tool to
seperate it?? If I do use the parting tool should I remove the
slightest amount of the bowl bottom, or leave the slightest amount of
the block on the bowl and some how sand the block off???? Your advice
is greatly appreciated.