Thread: Split turning?

Originally Posted by rsser

Time to get out the froe, burger flipper, log splitter ....

The wood's soft; hope under heat the glue's softer. OK WW ... I'm with the program ;-}

Just take it steady and let the heat do its work.

Update:

Just had at the split with a putty knife. Got in 50mm or so and coudn't get further.

From the other end, a bit of resistance and then 'split'.

Brilliant.

Almost all of the glue is on one side (no surprise) and I'll need to take care to get it off cleanly with a hot rag.

Wouldn't want to pollute the ironing surface with unwanted 'aromatics' Don't think saying 'Yes dear, but you're still just a filly' will cut it any more

She's pleasantly surprised that she'll get two of them

Thanks all for your sage advice.

What was your line...?

Ah, yes. "No pix, it didn't happen."

You can't just use a scraper on the glue?

Proper stuff!

Skew, pics in the morning (damn your memory!). Tonight's the romantic dinner out. Of course the bits will be taken for her final approval. LOL.

Thanks WW; that's high praise

Yeah

get any of that glue on the serious side and you will be in trouble for quite some time.

a few dinners out might rectify such a lapse - should take a few years though

Yep. You can imagine the response first time around; and it's a birthday pressie. And the day is a biggie.

Soo, Skew, scraping is a poss'y, yes, but the glue faces need to end up flat to sit on the ironing board; and they're jointed already. The mahog is softish and I don't have much scraping practice. And don't know how to hold a half safely without damage.

Hot rag and care is option 1. Will think of reasons for whatever option 2 might be while I sleep.

Meantime a really good dinner has been had and H. was pleased with the feel of it.

So, dock ends and remove glue and dull the edges tomorrow.

Reconstructed pics attached while I'm still buzzing from too many cafe corretos. Grappa ain't what it used to be

Ern, next time use thinner glue on both surfaces and rub them together before the glue cools. You will achieve a better bond for turning and parting will be easier too.

With all the good ideas , you really don't need more ---- however---. I do a fair amount of this type turning and I never glue the areas that will be finished pieces. I cut the rough stock long, glue the ends only and secure them together with a wood screw. When done, cut the ends off.

Thanks for the advice gents.

So the wash-up, literally, is this:

As WW noticed and as I wondered about earlier, the glue was too thick.

Upside is that one half needed the min. of cleaning and had a bow tied on it and left for the birthday gal to discover (while I b*ggered off back to the country).

Other side, the one loaded with the 'sauce', took a Scotchbrite and more effort than time allowed to clean up properly.

Just as a BTW, WW, I seem to recall you can hit the dried sauce with meths. Just makes it brittle? No advantage?

Originally Posted by rsser

So the wash-up, literally, is this:

As WW noticed and as I wondered about earlier, the glue was too thick.

Upside is that one half needed the min. of cleaning and had a bow tied on it and left for the birthday gal to discover (while I b*ggered off back to the country).

Other side, the one loaded with the 'sauce', took a Scotchbrite and more effort than time allowed to clean up properly.

Just as a BTW, WW, I seem to recall you can hit the dried sauce with meths. Just makes it brittle? No advantage?

Well done you!

Meths will seep into really old dried-out glue and literally divide the crazed and cracked glue, making it easier to break apart, but the moisture content and cohesion of relatively recently applied glue won't allow the meths to work.

Ah. Thanks.

oldiephred, this cylinder was 60cm long, 50mm diam., and the key 'customer' req't was that the top of each half be quite flat.

Would this be achievable with your method?

I'm wondering about the middle flexing outwards.

That should get you a nice reserve of brownie points.

Using Oldie's method you could've turned the central inch down to near final size (bar sanding) at low rpm and fitted a hose clamp. Then turned down the rest at normal speeds.

I've found duct tape, wire twists, etc. don't bind tightly enough - not without marring the wood, anyway - for this sort of work. Then again, I tend to turn at brown pants speeds...