When I drug a piece of beautifully spalted maple inside and cut into it the other night a bit of inspiration hit. I'd always got out a protractor, scribed a circle and used my bandsaw to cut out the rounds and then turn - sometimes between centers, sometimes on a faceplate. When I did the latter I would not always get the blanks centered up close on the faceplate. Often they were up to an eighth of an inch off. Yeah, yeah an eighth but hey, I shoot for getting as much out of the wood as I can. Well I realized there is a small hole in the center of each of my faceplates so I put a screw through it and then on into the wood. Three more screws and I was good to go.
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13 years ago