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pommyphil
4th December 2016, 12:32 PM
Well worth looking at ! 401260 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz5_8k6w_yY Phil

Woodturnerjosh
4th December 2016, 01:54 PM
Check out this one too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yMknTsfa0

dai sensei
4th December 2016, 08:34 PM
Check out this one too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yMknTsfa0

That rest would drive me nuts!

Christos
7th December 2016, 10:23 PM
Would love to turn the table.

:yeah:

Mobyturns
9th December 2016, 07:41 AM
Check out this one too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yMknTsfa0

There is no doubting that Ashley is a good turner with a bright future but unfortunately she has developed some turning bad habits.

Particularly her use of a short section of a skew blank as an unhandled negative rake scraper (1'30" to approx. 2' in the video.), then a similar curved negative rake scraper tool at around the 2'20" mark. She appears to use it as a card scraper to fair the curve. I'm sure Ashley understands the hazard & the risks, so I won't judge her choice, but it only takes one small hidden imperfection in the blank to change her perception of "a relatively safe technique" into a really bad day. Also a bit cringe worthy watching her keep the tool rest so close with the corner of the bevel to face of the scrapers riding on the lip of the tool rest.

To Ashley's credit she does change to a more appropriate long handled Stuart Batty scraper latter in the video.

But then I'm sure if some one videoed me turning that they would find some bad habits too! :-

btw I have met Ashley at Turnfest and have discussed some matters with her face to face.