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I goofed (nothing unsusual)

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I goofed (nothing unsusual)

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I goofed (nothing unsusual)

Don Henthorn Smithville, Texas

>I must caution all of those who I have mislead in a recent post regarding using 2� X 4�s

for glue blocks. Don�t do it or at least be very sure of the kind of material it is. I had

been using old long leaf pine 2� X 4� s and they worked fine. I ran out of these and used

another 2� X 4� which turned out to be SYP. What a difference! The wood just doesn�t

hold together. My recommendation is to forget the stupid advice to use 2� X 4�s and get

some hardwood blocks to use. Far safer and less likely to cause problems. Hope no one

has had problems because that poor advice.

Re: I goofed (nothing unsusual)

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my attorney

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Will not be calling you, as I didn't take any advice (didn't see it either, btw) of the sort. But thanks for the warning. Nice to see someone looking out for others.

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Re: my attorney

Robert Cox

>I bought some 2x4s and 2x6s for something else a while back.

Cruddy wood even by my previous standards. Stamped as being from Czech Republic.

Species unknown, seems very fragile. Luckily I was just messing around with it. I used it for a temporay rack for my kayak.

I've since used some of it for turning practice and been glad I had on my faceshield.

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Re: Crummy glue blocks

bill Crommett in seneca

>I recently used a piece of scrap Ipe for a three inch glue block on a heavy off center piece of wet Mimosa 19 in. diam. Every time the chisel hit the high spot in bumped the glue block a little off register. I had to replace the glue block on the chuck four times brfore I got yhe blank round. The Ipe is just too hard for the jaws to dig in enough to stand the bumping. Yes, I should have used a larger glue block. Bill