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Turning mulberry
So far have roughed out about 10 bowls 6-10 inches diameter. I dulled
two chainsaws slicing up the blanks. Wore out a brand new bandsaw blade cutting out the circles. The wood is wet and does not appear harder than average but it is rough on gouges. The first 2 or 3 passes the wood just peels out great. Then it doesn't cut so well. Feel the gouge edge and it is dull as a hammer. Lay it aside and get a sharp one out. Same story. Maybe I should just turn discs instead of bowls then I could use it for grinding lawn mower blades. -- GW Ross Ignorance can be cured -- but stupid is forever. |
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Turning mulberry
On 6/22/2013 11:59 AM, G. Ross wrote:
So far have roughed out about 10 bowls 6-10 inches diameter. I dulled two chainsaws slicing up the blanks. Wore out a brand new bandsaw blade cutting out the circles. The wood is wet and does not appear harder than average but it is rough on gouges. The first 2 or 3 passes the wood just peels out great. Then it doesn't cut so well. Feel the gouge edge and it is dull as a hammer. Lay it aside and get a sharp one out. Same story. Maybe I should just turn discs instead of bowls then I could use it for grinding lawn mower blades. What's that other wood that has a ton of silica in it? You might be turning sand. |
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Turning mulberry
On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:59:43 -0400, "G. Ross"
wrote: So far have roughed out about 10 bowls 6-10 inches diameter. I dulled two chainsaws slicing up the blanks. Wore out a brand new bandsaw blade cutting out the circles. The wood is wet and does not appear harder than average but it is rough on gouges. The first 2 or 3 passes the wood just peels out great. Then it doesn't cut so well. Feel the gouge edge and it is dull as a hammer. Lay it aside and get a sharp one out. Same story. Maybe I should just turn discs instead of bowls then I could use it for grinding lawn mower blades. Too bad ya don't like carbide |
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Turning mulberry
On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:20:11 -0700, BeeFlow
wrote: On 6/22/2013 11:59 AM, G. Ross wrote: So far have roughed out about 10 bowls 6-10 inches diameter. I dulled two chainsaws slicing up the blanks. Wore out a brand new bandsaw blade cutting out the circles. The wood is wet and does not appear harder than average but it is rough on gouges. The first 2 or 3 passes the wood just peels out great. Then it doesn't cut so well. Feel the gouge edge and it is dull as a hammer. Lay it aside and get a sharp one out. Same story. Maybe I should just turn discs instead of bowls then I could use it for grinding lawn mower blades. What's that other wood that has a ton of silica in it? You might be turning sand. Desert ironwood has a lot of embedded sand... |
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