Frank Fusco
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We all have those occasional misteaks.
This morning, I was turning a spindle, part walnut and part Osage Orange. The two woods had been butt joined with a 1/2" dowel glued in with ProBond. I was in the process of turning from square to round. The OO kept catching and stopping. I was cursing my beloved now Grizzly G0632 powerful lathe. And was getting very concerned about the small drive belt slipping and wondering if this was a portend of troubles to come. My gut wuz not happy.
Finally, I shut down to make an adjustment and grabbed one end of the work. The other end did not turn. Only took a second to figure out the glue joint had failed and the chucked up walnut part was spinning when the OO I was attempting to cut wasn't.
Partly happy now. Lathe still good.
But, the dowel joint was not as strong as I believed it should be. 1/2" dowel about 1" into the wood should have (IMHO) held. Oh, well.
I cut apart, redrilled and epoxied in a 5/8" dowel to a 2" depth.
BTW, I'm trying to make myself a hiking staff. If this fails I'll just use an old stick off the ground.
This morning, I was turning a spindle, part walnut and part Osage Orange. The two woods had been butt joined with a 1/2" dowel glued in with ProBond. I was in the process of turning from square to round. The OO kept catching and stopping. I was cursing my beloved now Grizzly G0632 powerful lathe. And was getting very concerned about the small drive belt slipping and wondering if this was a portend of troubles to come. My gut wuz not happy.
Finally, I shut down to make an adjustment and grabbed one end of the work. The other end did not turn. Only took a second to figure out the glue joint had failed and the chucked up walnut part was spinning when the OO I was attempting to cut wasn't.
Partly happy now. Lathe still good.
But, the dowel joint was not as strong as I believed it should be. 1/2" dowel about 1" into the wood should have (IMHO) held. Oh, well.
I cut apart, redrilled and epoxied in a 5/8" dowel to a 2" depth.
BTW, I'm trying to make myself a hiking staff. If this fails I'll just use an old stick off the ground.