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 4down 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

I would go back to the Mcnaughton. One thing that helps is to get the mahoney video and read Joe Flemings article.The Hahoney video is really good and a good investment.I use the center saver with cottonwood. My first attempt would bog down my lathe on a big piece of cottonwood but after doing some reading and watching the video I've had no problemsAndrew Barss wrote:

for what it's worth, a Jameson slicer and an armbrace handle works fine forme for coring small stuff - you bend it to the curvature you want and sliceaway. After 4 years or so, I broke the carbide tip off of mine on a 25 inchor so piece - Soren Berger suggets making a slicer out of an automotive leafspring.

Bowl coring system?

Feb 05, 2005 21 Replies

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william_b_noble 21 years ago

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Ken Moon 21 years ago

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SNIP ..... =============== It seems I remember Spanish olive and desert ironwood being native near Phoenix. Have you tried to locate any "free" samples of these? They're both beautiful woods and turn well.

Ken Moon Webberville, TX

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