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That clicking sound

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I didn't want to take over the thread about the Oneway carbide tip discussion do I started this:
I started roughing the outside of this 16+ inch diameter curly maple bowl blank, getting it ready so that I could try the carbide coring tips I had ordered for the Oneway coring system.
The closer I came to a nice curve, the more this bark inclusion clicked. I kept stopping and checking to see if it was dangerous, finally, I decided to flood the area with CA. As I stuck in the tip, the wood moved. I plucked the piece off, it was held by a small piece thinner than veneer.
I used my awl/ice pick/center punch to investigate... DEEP hole, I figured I'd be making a set of bowls with holes. I already have one that I can't sell, so I'm going to make that one into a hollowform and go back to the rack and find another blank to try.
 
If you save some virgin saw dust from your turning you can mix the saw dust with an epoxy and coloring agent
and fill the void with the mixture, let it dry and finish turning the piece and sand it and finish it. You can always
adjust the color of the patch to match the knot of wood you are working with. On smaller voids I have accomplished
the same task using fine saw dust from the piece being turned and CA glue. Pack the fine dust into the void and then
saturate the void with thin CA glue.
 
Mike, It's a good idea, it has a lot of uses, and I've done that in the past, even done the coffee grounds and tea "bark inclusion" repairs. But I LIKE this kind of void in hollowforms, so rather than fix this blank so that I can make bowls that won't meet my intentions, I'll just make this one into a hollowform and get out another piece of wood.
I have a two car garage full of wood.
I'm having another BUSY week, so I might not get back to the project till Thursday of Friday again.
 
Here's an image of why I stopped trying to make this blank my cored bowl set: 1stcoringblankHOLE.jpg 1stcoringblank.jpg
 
I'm actually going to use the blank with the void in the top. I like the voids in hollowforms, not so much in bowls...
But yours is quite nice
(keeping in the theme everyone else is using - is there a worm in that apple?)
 
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