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  1. Ric Williams

    Didn't realize that roughing bowls was such great practice!

    The only turning I've been doing lately is roughing bowls from blanks I'd processed recently and, after or so 25 bowls, I seem to have hit a threshold. All of a sudden the tooling marks have all but disappeared, the wall thicknesses are getting more consistent on the first try, and the finish...
  2. John Torchick

    Advice on drive center and usage

    I have two drive centers that I have from my new lathe and my old lathe. These are the usual ones with the four spurs and the point in the center. I just finished turning to round a piece of cherry as practice with the skew and the roughing gouge. I'm a bit leery about taking a tool too close to...
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