Rockytime
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Love those three little words! No not "I love you", rather "Skew handle up" and "Gouge handle down." Those little words made all the difference in my using those tools. Don't recall who said it on this forum, but thanks.
Funny .... I was taught by a local world-class woodturner that the skew handle should be anchored on my hip bone. And I should move my whole body to control the skew.
Me too Rockytime. I turn sitting down since I am a full-time wheelchair user and turn sitting in my wheelchair. Your mnomic works for me just fine I also use short chisels.You are so correct. However, I turn sitting down and turn only small items so I do not use long tools. I turn sitting due to balance problems. I guess for most turners your method makes complete sense.
Long Handles on turning chisels is a newer approach that appears to have come onto the turning world with more power on lathes and a desire to hog off wood faster.
Nothing at all wrong with shorter handles if you are not hogging off lots of wood fast and do not need the leverage --