Ah yes, the egg was the source of the chicken. It's just what the chuck does
by design has to be done to the block.

Then, if you look at spring pole turning, there's a mandrel sort of like my
pin chuck involved. Saw one in operation on a Roy Underhill show a couple
weeks ago, including use of a hook tool to hollow. I had always puzzled over
how the tool was employed on cross-grain items, and they had a couple of
shots showing the cut. Pretty much sets it the way we use a nose-down bowl
gouge, wedging against the rest and peeling his way in. I did a 10x10 beech
"natural edge" the other day where the only tool that would reach to hog was
my 3/4 (5/8) Sorby, and almost reached for the Termite to try it. Then I
realized I had almost an hour in the piece and only another couple of inches
in depth to go, so I figured I should go with what I knew. Experiments are
for scrap, not projects.

"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
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I use regular glue sticks and a 40 watt gun. One of these days I hope to
find an 80 watt gun but just because it will speed up the heating process.
The regular glue gun and glue sticks work well for me.

By the way George, face plates came first, I believe, and chucks imitate
the
actions of facepaltes and glue blocks. That said, a chuck is often a
useful
item.