George Somtimes it is just the wood. I was turning a little hollow form vase in apple the other day. Apple cuts like a dream, except for this piece. The form had been roughed between centers and was on the bowl lathe with a glue block so I started to make gentle truing cuts before the hollowing. Gentle strokes with a sharp Oland tool. Lovely little shavings leaving a beautiful surface ready for about 180 paper. No catches or such but suddenly a chunk went off my face shield. By the time I had the piece cut down there was some real tear out near the bottom. After reshaping and then reconsidering the overall form I gently and somewhat gingerly proceeded to turn for shape as the next chunk went off my chest and I began to seriously think of how nice apple kindling smells. Long story short, I got a piece somewhat smaller than I thought I would at first. My mother always said there would be days like that.
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