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I'm making two pens with purple heart and some type of ebony. I'm using the pen mill in my drill press; been doing this for quite a while with no problems. Anyway, the wood starts smoking before I even get close to the blank being turned down to the tube. I checked the Janka scale and note that...

I have an 8" slow grinder purchased from Woodcraft about 3 years ago. I can honestly say up until 2 years ago, it was rarely used as I was afraid to ruin my tools b/c I didn't know how to use it. Anyway, I went to use it today to sharpen a roughing gouge. It seemed to barely get up to full...