Light cuts with a freshly sharpened gouge doing a slicing cut will cut that wood lean.
Mike......my best guess is you had this major tear-out while using a scraper flat to the tool rest. It's is very difficult to get the best cut possible this way.......especially when turning dry seasoned, or KD wood.
...... I'll also turn with the grain oriented 90 degrees from how I have this piece. I'll have to play with different speeds too.
There is a club in town: Dakota Woodturners. I 've been to one meeting and am planning to officially join at the September meeting.
I was looking at CBN wheels. What grit is best to use for turning tools?
Is this the jig to which you referred?
https://smile.amazon.com/Oneway-229...=B000CSQONC&psc=1&refRID=ER8XYGSS5VD6DDM7R4Y5
or this one?
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/..._r6V6RwouZfZIjNSFy3p-pw6UOXrW9sQaAmopEALw_wcB
Thanks again for all the advice,
Mike
You have taken the best step towards a fun and productive turning career, joining the club in September. Congratulations!I'm sure this has been asked, but I don't know what it's called, so I can't do a search for it. I have a lot of oak and ash available to me. I've noticed they both get this "fuzzy" texture. Is this something I'm doing or is it the nature of the wood?
Thanks,
Mike
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Mike, you mention that you are absolutely at the beginning of the learning curve, so let me take a chance and ask something that all the other excellent comments have assumed you already understand.
Up to now, have you been turning between centers, in spindle orientation? If so, do you understand the difference in how the wood fibers are oriented when you change to face/flat orientation, as shown in your picture?
You definitely want to use the heel of the skew there. It also helps to have a bigger skew so the tip can be further away from the area in contact. The dig in the picture looks like there was no angle to the rotation. Was the edge pulled in like that when the tip caught or were you presenting the edge square to the rotation as you were cutting? Running the edge at an angle allows much better slicing control than a straight facing peel.
When I saw how the broken piece stuck in the mat on which I was standing, I turned off the lathe for the evening and said a prayer of thanks. My wife wasn't home, so I was alone. I had mental pictures of the piece being stuck in my neck and me ending up very badly. Like I mentioned earlier, I learned a great lesson at minimal cost.The folks at Sorby said what I was going to say. You were extremely fortunate that you weren't seriously injured ... or worse.
he should not use any part of the skew on this piece. As Sorby pointed out, the Skew is for spindle turning ONLYYou definitely want to use the heel of the skew there. It also helps to have a bigger skew so the tip can be further away from the area in contact. The dig in the picture looks like there was no angle to the rotation. Was the edge pulled in like that when the tip caught or were you presenting the edge square to the rotation as you were cutting? Running the edge at an angle allows much better slicing control than a straight facing peel.
I would suggest that the problem lies with you, your blank looks like it is laminated from cross grain sections. A skew chisel, like the Spindle Roughing Gouge, should only be used on a spindle project where the grain runs along the bed of the lathe, it should never be used on cross grain projects.
At that point his work is basically a fat spindle. Using the appropriate technique it will work quite well if all the usual precautions and practice are done. Otherwise skews are dangerous for any hollowing. If you think about it the wing on a bowl gouge functions like a skew when doing a slicing cut to clean up tearout on the outside of a bowl.he should not use any part of the skew on this piece. As Sorby pointed out, the Skew is for spindle turning ONLY
At that point his work is basically a fat spindle. Using the appropriate technique it will work quite well if all the usual precautions and practice are done. Otherwise skews are dangerous for any hollowing. If you think about it the wing on a bowl gouge functions like a skew when doing a slicing cut to clean up tearout on the outside of a bowl.
I see your point. I suppose I got lucky the few times Ive tried it, got a decent shear cut to clean up, though I was using a high angle instead of a flat even presentation of the edge and working from the heel and avoiding the tip like the plague.Gary, that is wrong. It might look like a spindle if you ignore the grain orientation, but it is the grain direction that makes using a skew or SRG dangerous ... NOT THAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A FAT SPINDLE. It's not the shape, it's the grain direction.
Look more closely. Not a spindle. This is an illusion it is a round cylinder but not a spindle.At that point his work is basically a fat spindle.
If you think about it the wing on a bowl gouge functions like a skew when doing a slicing cut to clean up tearout on the outside of a bowl.