I briefly owned the McNasughton coring system, and found it
hard to use -- it stalled my 1.5HP Nova often, and I couldn't
control it easily.

But I've now realized that -- given the sort of wood I like to turn (burls
and exotics) -- the amount I'm losing by not using a corer
quickly adds up. So I'm reconsidering getting such a system.

Most of what I turn is pretty small -- bowls in the 9" x 9 x 4
down to e.g., small boxes from blackwood clarinet-bell rejects.

So... does anyone have experience with a corer system that will fairly
easily let me save cores from pretty small pieces of wood?


Thanks,

Andy Barss