ticklingmedusa
15th November 2013, 02:01 PM
Some of you may not know me but I've been a member of this forum for a while.
Greetings to those of you who do remember me.
I'm doing just a tiny bit of finish turning these days.
Also setting up a wet grinder work area.
I bought an inexpensive Tormek knockoff from Grizzly (USA now made in Asia) online
and have been having trouble wrapping my brain around the setup & operation on bowl & spindle gouges.
Croccy stopped by here on Monday afternoon.
I was embarrassed to show him my freehand grinds.
Bowl, spindle, or detail... all of them looked the same.
Too much metal left on the heel of my bevels.
We spent a little time in the shed and online discussing future modifications.
After driving some of the most heavily traveled freeways anywhere on earth he showed up here
and shared his knowledge and time and I am grateful.
I tried to send him home with a billet of something special but travel with it would have proven difficult.
If he shows up here again I'll buy him dinner.
Sorry there isn't a photo this time.
Happy Trails Croc
tm
Greetings to those of you who do remember me.
I'm doing just a tiny bit of finish turning these days.
Also setting up a wet grinder work area.
I bought an inexpensive Tormek knockoff from Grizzly (USA now made in Asia) online
and have been having trouble wrapping my brain around the setup & operation on bowl & spindle gouges.
Croccy stopped by here on Monday afternoon.
I was embarrassed to show him my freehand grinds.
Bowl, spindle, or detail... all of them looked the same.
Too much metal left on the heel of my bevels.
We spent a little time in the shed and online discussing future modifications.
After driving some of the most heavily traveled freeways anywhere on earth he showed up here
and shared his knowledge and time and I am grateful.
I tried to send him home with a billet of something special but travel with it would have proven difficult.
If he shows up here again I'll buy him dinner.
Sorry there isn't a photo this time.
Happy Trails Croc
tm