Skew practice

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BHuij

BHuij

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In my never-ending quest to get better at the skew, I wanted to try one of these spatulas. Richard Raffan has a couple of videos on them (in which the ease and speed with which he cranks these out with his skew puts me to shame), and CSUSA also has a really good tutorial video with Mike Nish.

Took a while, but I'm really happy to be able to make a functional kitchen implement for $2.50 worth of cherry. These would probably make great gifts. skew-practice-v0-80kokrih9kcg1.webpskew-practice-v0-a99lyzih9kcg1.webp
 
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Very nice for being the first ones.
Just a little shorter than I like but very nice indeed.
Keep up the practice. I've found I grab for my skew when doing spindle type work much more often than my spindle gouge.
 
Made a second, slightly smaller one with the other half (I cut a 2x2x12" turning blank in half on a mostly diagonal line). This one went faster and I think I refined my technique a bit. Guess the practice is working.

Mike Nish uses Scratch Freee as his only finish after sanding through 400. I found that interesting; I guess it's just mineral oil with a bit of tripoli in a wax base. That's how I finished my first one and I'm quite happy with it. I think there's something to be said for polishing a bit more after 400 grit paper with the abrasive in the Scratch Freee.

Richard Raffan uses BLO. Not trying to start an argument on food safety, but BLO freaks me out for kitchen utensils. In a comment on YouTube, Raffan said he'd be using Mahoney Oil instead if he was in North America; guess it's not easy to get it shipped internationally. In any case, I went with Mahoney Oil for the second one. After both have had a chance to cure and get some use, we'll see which I prefer.
 
Yes, you want to use a simple finish for kitchen utensils if any at all. They will soak their own oils and what not with use. If you watch any of Mr.Raffan's videos of bowls he uses for nuts or cereal he uses beeswax and/or BLO. Nothing more.
 
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