Thread: The skew chisel simplified

Wonder if he's got a bow grinder to shrpen his chisel??

I wonder if he has a Tormek to sharpen his chisels with

Cheers

......and some complain that the Skew is hard to master.

in a power failure

Shmick.

Just shows what you can do with practice.

Just seems all wrong - I have enough trouble just trying to rub me belly and pat me bald head at the same time
I wanna see how he did those bowls on the table ...not enough swing on that rig

So that's why I'm having trouble using a skew to roll a bead reliably. I'm using my hands

That's pretty amazing though. incredible how some people can just do stuff regardless of the tools at their disposal

Cheers,
Dave

hmmmm...a real mini-lathe

Makes me feel humble. If he had an electric lathe then the sky would be the limit.
A true craftsman cos he knew how to hide a mistake after a nick came out of the head he finished by carving a flat face. I would also like to see the rig he did the bowls on. Perhaps there is a vicmarc out the back and the bow lathe is a show for the punters.
Regards
John

amazing
Is it just me or is his skew a lot pointer then ours are usually sharpened

Yeah, thinner blade. Doesn't seem to have a distinct heel and toe but then his foot's got those ;-}

Originally Posted by rsser

Yeah, thinner blade. Doesn't seem to have a distinct heel and toe but then his foot's got those ;-}

Good one Ern!
Do they make gloves for feet?
Makes you wonder with all our fancy lathes and specialised tools.

This is a bit OT but there are some useful vid clips of skew use (our kind of skew that is) here: Alan Lacer Woodturning Edit, OK, really only one. Oh, and his article on scraper sharpness from AWT is there too