Basic Vega Set-Up Question

[stripermaineiac]

A little trick for the harder woods. With a router table you set up a corner bit and set your fence so as to take the corners off your plug banks.
With a table saw set your blade at 45% and your fence so as to just take the corners off your blanks. Be sure to use a good blade and push sticks to keep your fingers out of the way. Most of the smaller lathes don't have the power to keep the rpms up that is needed with harder woods this causes the bits to catch an dig into the wood. I do this on some of the harder birch,maple,mahogany and woods like epa. I learned this trick making reel seat inserts for some of the high end fly rods I do.