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11th April 2012, 10:53 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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You are the most experienced accursed skew operator I know of.
I have in the past quartered a log and stuck it between centers, knocked off the high spots and bark with my recycled lawn mower blade, and gone right to the accursed skew with no more drama than if I had taken it all the way to round with the makeshift roughing gouge.
Tonight as I was gathering wood for my boiler for a cold night, I picked up a heavy close grained 2 X 2 and saved it for a tool handle.
I stuck it in the lathe and started right off with the a. skew. No catch until the piece was almost round, due to my inattention.
Do you always take your spindles to round with a roughing gouge before starting with the a. skew?
I don't see any danger as long as I pay attention to the phantom outside of the turning timber and cut there. Do you?
All spindle turners feel free to comment. I do bowls, and the only spindles I make are tool handles, mallets, and clubs for adjusting things.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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11th April 2012, 11:06 AM #2
Paul most spindle turners will use what comes to hand first whether it is the roughing gouge or Skew chisel.
As with the roughing gouge it is more imortant to start at the ends and work towards the end and slowly work towards the centre as the skew will pick up any weird grain easier than the gouge. The angle on the skew is generally steeper than the gouge so slices easier.Jim Carroll
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11th April 2012, 11:44 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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Hello Paul 39,
I was always taught gouge before skew - hence the name I guess "roughing" gouge. I just find the gouge more sturdy (heavy duty). But I luv slicing with the skew - except when I get a dig in. Drillit.
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11th April 2012, 01:21 PM #4Retired
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Paul. As Jim said whatever is in your hand for 2" stuff but generally I use the roughing gouge first.
A little tip if you do use the skew to rough down is to "break" the corners by doing a pass backwards.
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11th April 2012, 01:58 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Paul, as a former bowl turner only, who thanks to Robbos tuition at the "Prossie Turnout" is now a spindle turner as well, I find it quicker and safer, to rough it down with the " Spindle Roughing Gouge", and there will be no damage to the razor sharp edge on the skew. Just my 4,013,679 pesos worth.
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11th April 2012, 04:12 PM #6
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11th April 2012, 09:04 PM #7
Prefer a gouge for roughing. A slew tends to produce large triangular tooth picks from the corners, and they can hurt. But that depends largely on the piece of timber. For a bit of 50 x 50mm, I would still go for a gouge of some sort.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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11th April 2012, 11:48 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Old Croc: I find it quicker and safer, to rough it down with the " Spindle Roughing Gouge", and there will be no damage to the razor sharp edge on the skew.
Thanks to all for the comments.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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12th April 2012, 10:55 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Some days I turns thisaway, somedays I turns thataway and other days I don't give a stuff so I don't turn at all.
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13th April 2012, 05:18 AM #10
I also go use whatever comes to hand when it comes to knocking the corners off small spindle timber I prefer the Skew.
Then again I do have a large (old Carbon Steel) skew I actually call my Roughing-Out Skew and this is all I use it for. And I agree with - draw the skew backward to rough-out, especially for the first few cuts to get the worst of the corners off.
But always the Spindle Roughing Out Gouge for larger stuff.Dragonfly
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