So about this bowl I just finidhed, the first thing ever I turned without getting catches (was prouder of that than the bowl itself). I made out of beech and it ended up about 3" tall, and 5" wide. I had used Probond to glue it to the thingie plate (I'm not gonna believe it if this called a banjo too...) which was screwed to the face plate. When I did the gluing I didn't feel like going upstairs to get the nice thick paper to put in between the two surfaces to be glued. Naw, paper towel's right here and just as good. It sure was, until I was finished and tried to whack the chisel to pop it loose... Hmmm, not sure if this was the stuff that was advertised as stronger than the wood itself, but you guessed it - no way, no how. The glue down plate (by coincidence also beech, 1" thick at that) ended up splitting and ripping apart as I kept whacking away with the hammer. Amazingly the bowl remained totally intact although it did take a lot of sanding to get the bottom clean :) Yes Sir, that's some glue! Bart.
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