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Old 11-17-2017, 10:03 AM   #17
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Only had a couple of plugs blow up on the lathe, but I was wearing the shield. However, I mill baseball bats to use the maple on certain lures, and twice I had them kick back and fly over mybright shoulder, once hitting my right shoulder hard. Nothing broke, but it was black and blue for weeks.
Frank cutting those round objects are dangerous. Kick backs are bad. I too had a few close calls. I try to cut a broken bat to a workable length and band saw a flat spot then joint it then now have a square spot to put along fence. I band is by far the safest way to make into a turning blank. If Plugfest comes around I have a few maple barrels if you want.

Billy D.
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