Nothing major but gave me less than a quality turning. My grandson turned an acrylic piece for a pen for his mother (I helped him and he did about 85% of the work with me helping guide the tools). I noticed when we were done with the major turning to round, there were spiral grooves in the blank. We started with a roughing gouge, rounded the blank and then went to a spindle gouge. I sharpened the gouges and noted that there was a slight dip on the wing (?) of the cutting edge of the spindle gouge. Is this the culprit? We sanded with 320, then 400 wet and then the wet micro mesh pads. Still had a few small tool marks left. I wasn't happy with the outcome but my wife said that our DIL would be pleased that the boy made it. I would like to hear from the forum about preventing this in the future. I have several pens to turn for Christmas gifts. Yes, starting early.
As always, thanks in advance for taking time to look and for your replies. 🙂
BTW, I plan on getting a Wolverine sharpening jig. It seems I can't go to the Woodcraft store and not spend some $$$$. 🙄
As always, thanks in advance for taking time to look and for your replies. 🙂
BTW, I plan on getting a Wolverine sharpening jig. It seems I can't go to the Woodcraft store and not spend some $$$$. 🙄