How to turn black palm?

i tried it once and that was enough.just like you said.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

I think you’re having this problem because this is a very fibrous type of wood. The only thing that I could think of would be to impregnate the wood with CA glue. That might help, might not. Best O’ luck.

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You could try cactus juice to harden the wood.

-- mrg

I had a similar experience and just ended up turning it with sandpaper and made some bottle stoppers with it.

some time ago was at a friends shop out in sin city, and he had as mentioned above stablized the stuff, still heard words i’d never heard on more than one occasion, well he is Romanian, hahaha. he finally decided it wasn’t worth it.
so we drank warm beer, ugh, instead.
rj in az

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I’ve heard that some use Minwax Wood hardener to make it easier to turn. You may not want to use that for a salad bowl for example, though.?

-- Nathan, TX -- Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.