07-27-2019, 08:03 AM
I did something dumb in the shop this week. I was nearly finished with the base of a side table and had completed the first of two saw cuts to let the power cord out. I moved the base away from the blade so I could readjust the fence and did not pay enough attention to the placement of the base. (You can see it coming, can't you?) Yep. It fell off the table and snapped the neck. I was focusing on what I was about to do (the saw) instead of what I was doing (moving the base) and it bit me.
The break was clean and I was able to put it back together but I was sure annoyed with myself that it was necessary.
As a matter of interest, the Titebond Original glue held in both the glue lines between rings (side grain) and between the segments (end grain). The ash segments are what broke apart. Pretty good glue.
The break was clean and I was able to put it back together but I was sure annoyed with myself that it was necessary.
As a matter of interest, the Titebond Original glue held in both the glue lines between rings (side grain) and between the segments (end grain). The ash segments are what broke apart. Pretty good glue.
We do segmented turning, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
