warreng8170
Member
OK guys, hopefully you can help me out here. I am starting to have issues with chatter in the center of full-length blanks. The latest round was really frustrating. I was trying to round out one of my recent cast blanks and the chatter was worse than ever. The blank was 5.25 long. As you can see from the photos the ends are fine, but the center has extreme chatter marks. It was so bad that it was causing chip-out in the blank.
I have tried the bowl gouge, spindle gouge, scraper, skew (all sharpened to the best of my ability) and even my woodchuck pen pro with a fresh edge. I've tried sharp angles, shallow angles, light cuts and heavy cuts. Nothing makes a difference.
As you can see in the last picture, a half-blank turns nice and smooth but that doesn't help me out when I want to turn a Zen or Long-click.
BTW, this happens with wood as well, just not quite as noticable. Any ideas????
I have tried the bowl gouge, spindle gouge, scraper, skew (all sharpened to the best of my ability) and even my woodchuck pen pro with a fresh edge. I've tried sharp angles, shallow angles, light cuts and heavy cuts. Nothing makes a difference.
As you can see in the last picture, a half-blank turns nice and smooth but that doesn't help me out when I want to turn a Zen or Long-click.
BTW, this happens with wood as well, just not quite as noticable. Any ideas????