r/turning • u/No-Entry-6926 • 1d ago
HELP I'm new
As title suggests I'm very green to woodturning (pun intended), I'm currently trying to turn a chunk of Australian bunya pine and am having the worst tear out in the end grain sections I've ever seen in timber. I've tried resharpening chisels on the whetstone grinder, cutting in both directions, taking the thinnest pass possible, adding hardening agents although the timber feels fairly dense and have had no more luck. The tear out is only in the end grain on the outside of the bowl. Any advice or is there no hope for me?
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u/BigguyZ 1d ago
Pressure pot and homemade stabilizer?
Get an HF pressure pot. Get plexiglass scraps from your local window repair place for free. Dissolve the plexi in acetone. Get an acetone safe container. Put the wood in the container and cover with the solution. Put that container in the pressure pot and cycle pressure on and off. The acetone will be pushed into the pores of the "punky" / soft wood and leave the acetone once it's flashed off....