Penpal
Grand Master
I could not get ten chisels to look at it, the first half took me an hour and a half. Then in my memory bank I remembered a Dutch Turner at a Turn Around hours from here while everyone did interesting things he made a masterpiece nearly three feet across of the angriest burl you could imagine . Stuck at it for three days I was in touch with him later on he got 800 dollars for that huge platter. The only tool he used was a 1/4 inch gouge carefully.
So I trotted out my 1/4 inch gouge and like magic it cut so well I finished the other half in no time.
I tried 6 different Skews it was painful, any number of bowl gouges, even rotated the tool twice on the 15mm carb bit, rubbish slow and pitted.
THe timber is some form of material that flashes in sections when turned in the light, like shot silk, the name had long gone on the blank, an Australian pine with no smell.
JUst goes to show horses for courses. Pics tomorrow.
Peter.
So I trotted out my 1/4 inch gouge and like magic it cut so well I finished the other half in no time.
I tried 6 different Skews it was painful, any number of bowl gouges, even rotated the tool twice on the 15mm carb bit, rubbish slow and pitted.
THe timber is some form of material that flashes in sections when turned in the light, like shot silk, the name had long gone on the blank, an Australian pine with no smell.
JUst goes to show horses for courses. Pics tomorrow.
Peter.
