Drcal
Member
i am a pen turner mostly and I thought I would try a tea light. I got a beautiful piece of walnut - 5" diameter, 3" thick AND cut perfectly round and mounted it between centers to rough it. I only had a 3/8" bowl gouge so I used it. It was very sharp but I wrestled with the walnut for hours!!! When I moved the ouge in one direction, it keep pulling back, wanted to go backwards instead of forward. It caught numerous times even before I tried to curve or contour the blank.
In eventually used a scraper to rough it...believe it or not!
I was under 1,000 RPM, my tools were sharp, the blank was held tightly BC....
What was I doing wong??
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Carmen
In eventually used a scraper to rough it...believe it or not!
I was under 1,000 RPM, my tools were sharp, the blank was held tightly BC....
What was I doing wong??
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Carmen