Blew it up HF

[Alan Weinberg]

Bought this cracked piece of desert ironwood. Sure stinks when you turn. Wanted to turn a HF with a 1 inch opening. Had it almost done, was just finishing the bottom when BOOM! I had used some thin CA earlier in the pith cracks but it blew due to a bark inclusion that probably should have been CA’d. Wall was less than 1/4 inch and pretty smooth and consistent. So I learned a lot but lost a pretty piece.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

The casualty.

 

[Phil Hamel]

That sucks! The piece I got had one big crack right thru the middle so I slit it with the band saw into two small bowl size. Could you slice it and add a bottom to it!

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Could you slice it and add a bottom to it!

I’d rather just move on . . .

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

You probably didn't have a fighting chance with the extent of those cracks.

 

[David Wyke]

I’d rather just move on . . .

That’s basically what I do, after I take a hammer to it

 

[Wally Crawford]

Sure was some pretty wood.

 

[Adam Vila]

Fwiw I have a piece with a lot of cracks like this and plan to put in a vacuum chamber to fill the voids with resin. Much more work and expense, but much less likely to blow out

 

[Alan Weinberg]

Fwiw I have a piece with a lot of cracks like this and plan to put in a vacuum chamber to fill the voids with resin. Much more work and expense, but much less likely to blow out

Another toy I have no room for!

 

[Michael Anderson]

That’s basically what I do, after I take a hammer to it

Same, but usually a good foot stomp

 

[Kevin Jenness]

I would expect that piece to experience an unscheduled rapid disassembly, given its initial appearance. If I were tempted to turn it anyway I would wrap it thoroughly with plastic twine (stretchwrap) or duct tape before hollowing, and stay well out of the line of fire.

 

[David Wyke]

Same, but usually a good foot stomp

I hurt my foot one time doing that so I keep a big hammer close by

 

[Kevin Jesequel]

I saw those listed and thought, “man, someone is going to hurt themselves turning those”. Glad it was just the piece that you lost.

 

[Mark Fairchild]

I have a shelf with deconstructed bowls and HF’s on. I tell people “that’s my diploma in Woodturning”.

 

[Alan Weinberg]

I have a shelf with deconstructed bowls and HF’s on. I tell people “that’s my diploma in Woodturning”.

Mine are in an enlarging pile beside my lathe. Artist friend wants them to make a sculpture. It’ll be huge!