Frank Fusco
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Since this is my very first turning project ever, I can be excused.
This was going to be a new handle for a skew. Didn't drill the tang hole first. Should have. Now, I don't see any way I can successfully drill a straight hole into the end. I'll probably just make a bonker out of this and start over. Only salvation might be to just clamp up in vise and try to hand drill.
BTW, this is apricot wood I got from our drawing at the woodturners club. Hardest dang stuff. Won't cut/turn smooth. I thought seasoned Bradford Pear was among the hardest wood to turn I had encountered but this is worster. Not like OO or Cocobolo or some of those. They turn OK. This stuff resists. Rest of what I got is going into my scrap heap.
Will find another hunk of wood for next handle. Probably mahogany, maple, walnut, sumptin but not more of this.
This was going to be a new handle for a skew. Didn't drill the tang hole first. Should have. Now, I don't see any way I can successfully drill a straight hole into the end. I'll probably just make a bonker out of this and start over. Only salvation might be to just clamp up in vise and try to hand drill.
BTW, this is apricot wood I got from our drawing at the woodturners club. Hardest dang stuff. Won't cut/turn smooth. I thought seasoned Bradford Pear was among the hardest wood to turn I had encountered but this is worster. Not like OO or Cocobolo or some of those. They turn OK. This stuff resists. Rest of what I got is going into my scrap heap.
Will find another hunk of wood for next handle. Probably mahogany, maple, walnut, sumptin but not more of this.