Avoid these classic wood-turning mistakes, and your wood-turning projects will turn into nifty pieces of woodwork:
Go too fast: Trying to go too fast is the most common inconvenience turners fall into. You want things to be easy. Avoid doing this. Not only will you spoil your work, but you will damage something more important – yourself. Making things happen fast is the leading cause of injury.
If you feel like rushing things, take a break and remember that rushing is not safe. You can lose more time in the long run if you have to fix a mistake or worse, a stay in the hospital emergency room.
The stain does not take: Two typical causes that stains do not take are: using non-staining wood gaskets and if the glue is not completely removed after creating the entire piece.
Problems are easy to avoid but not so easy to correct. Remember to buy a stain remover wood package and be sure to clean the glue that comes out of the joint every time you put the pieces together.
If you end up with an unmarked area in your work, apply a colored polish, a semi-transparent substance like thinned paint. Alter the color and exposure until it is almost similar to stained wood. Let it dry and start applying the top coat.
Excessive sanding causes wood to blur: There are types of wood that get blurry when you sand too much. The fibers of the wood are shredded and form hairs on the outside of the wood. In that case, you don’t want to bleach or have an initial color.
If the wood becomes blurry, apply a couple of sandpaper polishers and sand the skins. The way to avoid lint is to remember not to use sandpaper that is finer than 150 grit.
Joints do not fit together: You have been careful to have seams that are tight enough, but when you paint the glue and try to join the seam it will not go away. Either you have seams that are too tight or you pushed the seams together and experienced a blockage.
To avoid too tight joints, dry it first. If you have to hit the joints with a mallet, you should loosen the joint before adding glue. If the joint is a mortise and tenon, cut the tenon until you can easily join the joint by hand.
If the joint still locks when you assemble it, you need to tap and hold with a mallet to get it moving again. Depending on how long the joint has been locked, you may not be able to get it dislodged. Avoiding a blocked joint is as easy as testing the joint and sanding it if it is tight the first time it is assembled.
That is all! Avoid these 4 wood turning mistakes and you’ll create classic woodworking art that is cherished for generations.
