opps! sorry about posting to wrong group!

None of the binaries get picked up by my ISP, but yours came through here.

Did you try the CA soak around the pith? I've found it a big help, but it does sort of restrict you to a surface finish of some sort.

I posted again in the right group.. *blush*

Didn't try a soak, but before I put it in the paper bag, I used thick CA on the cracks and gaps and thin on the places where I thought it might check.. (knots, etc.) It was a piece of junk wood, mostly pith, but I wanted to see how big the lathe would handle and loved the colors in the plum..

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing