The title pretty much says it all, I'm having a hard time getting a smooth transition from wall to floor of the bowl with a gouge. A scraper works pretty well but I'm trying to handle the gouge better. One issue seems to be the length of my tool and the swing of my lathe. with the spindle center just seven and a half inches above the bed and the top of the bed maybe another four off of the bench I can't drop the back of a gouge handle very far at all.
Any tips appreciated or pointing me towards a good video of someone doing this. I have several videos that include hollowing but I haven't seen the right one to make things click for me yet apparently. I finished a decent bowl today, or would have been decent except for the last minute catches trying to clean up that transition resulted in two good sized catch marks without enough meat to clean them up.
Besides a couple consigned to the burn pile I now have six bowls consigned to my wall of shame. Not really ashamed but I won't be selling or giving away any of these. I'm getting good local reaction to my bowls but they are still a far cry from where I would be happy with them.
Hu
Any tips appreciated or pointing me towards a good video of someone doing this. I have several videos that include hollowing but I haven't seen the right one to make things click for me yet apparently. I finished a decent bowl today, or would have been decent except for the last minute catches trying to clean up that transition resulted in two good sized catch marks without enough meat to clean them up.
Besides a couple consigned to the burn pile I now have six bowls consigned to my wall of shame. Not really ashamed but I won't be selling or giving away any of these. I'm getting good local reaction to my bowls but they are still a far cry from where I would be happy with them.
Hu