I shared in the purchase and agreed with John’s rationale on minimum taper as having a lot of merit. However, I was only able to manage to complete a couple on my CueSmith Deluxe. The tool has a righthand spiral, 3 flutes. I had a lot of problems with the flutes digging themselves in and locking up my system. John has much beefier machines and I suspect his had the power to just eat it up, but mine could not. I have since retired it from use as regardless of wood, it would lock me up tight as a drum, I could not control feed to prevent it. I still think it’s an obvious and excellent approach to coring, but if I were to order another, I would have it made with a lefthand spiral or just straight flutes, FWIW.
There was at least one other fellow in on the purchase, I’m not sure what his experience, or equipment, was. Perhaps he’ll weigh in.
Mac
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk