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Ahhhhh..........

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Ahhhhh..........

Stan Campbell

>This weekend I bought a 5/4 Eucalyptus board at my local woodcraft. I wanted to make a pen holder like I saw a few others make. But, first I thought I would make a small platter (my first) about 8 inches across. Everything went fine, I had a decent shape and had gotten a pretty uniform thickness of about 3/16" and THEN I went to take it off my taped block (Turners Tape), I tapped it with the heel of my hand..... I quickly realized I had made a bad mistake, actually 2 mistakes.... and 2 lessons learned the way I see it.

First lesson:

Look at which way the grain runs before applying lesson number 2

Second lesson:

Never, Never hit to remove turned object from Tape block, pull gently and continnually.

I am hoping the super glue I applied last night will hold and that I can get it back on the lathe to resand to remove the leftover glue. I will try and use the tape block and a rubber piece on the tailstock.

Stan

Columbus,OH

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Duane C.Leach

>Isn't lifes experiences a wonderfull theacher.

Duane

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Mike Schwing from Md.

>Stan, Wally has a trick that has helped me quite a few times. He takes the faceplate off and inserts a screw/bolt/whatever in the faceplate hole, then screws the faceplate back onto the spindle. It gently pushes the work off of the tape from the center. Works great.

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Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.

>I turned a !/2-inch thick plug that fits inside the opening on the faceplate, and as Mike says, Just slip the plug inside the faceplate, screw it on slowly and presto..it just pushes the platter off. Couldn't be simpler. That idea got me $75 from Wood mag. for their tips section.

Wally

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john Lucas

>Wally's method works great. I generally super glue my pieces to the wasteblock. If you use accelorator it makes the joint brittle. I use a chisel and a mallet and tap the joint briskly. It almost always breaks right on the glue line. Even then I learned, as you have to make sure I align the grain of the glue block to the grain on the piece. Then I seperate them on the long grain side. I used to use my palm just as you described. Broke a piece that way and changed to the mallet.

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Stan Campbell

>There are several things I love about this Place.

1. All the Helpful advise and tips.

2. I am not the only one who has done it before, whatever that may be.

Stan

Columbus,OH

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JamieDonaldson

>Yes Stan, it's true that misery loves company!!!Most of us have BTDT!!

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Leo Van Der Loo

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Leo Van Der Loo

>Yes and then when we know we still (NOOOOO) tooo late now.

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Stan Campbell

>That's exactly how I felt right after I heard the cracking sound.

Stan

Columbus,OH