Hi,
My T7 learning curve is going well.
I am grateful for Jeffs hint on the "how to" turning video re using a dead centre in the headstock for practicing using the skew chisel to turn beads. I seem to be "catching" and the fact that the word can spin if it catches is good. I'm doing something wrong with the top rest to high, to low, to far away etc. My main problem seems to be that if I am turning a curve on the right side of a bead , the chisel catches and runs to the left and vise versa. Oh well more practice.
The finger nail shape on the gouges actually look like they are supposed too. I did end up with points on the end but that seems be sorted now. Sometimes the cutting edges are on the wrong side so I have to work that out.
Have fun
Malcolm
My T7 learning curve is going well.
I am grateful for Jeffs hint on the "how to" turning video re using a dead centre in the headstock for practicing using the skew chisel to turn beads. I seem to be "catching" and the fact that the word can spin if it catches is good. I'm doing something wrong with the top rest to high, to low, to far away etc. My main problem seems to be that if I am turning a curve on the right side of a bead , the chisel catches and runs to the left and vise versa. Oh well more practice.
The finger nail shape on the gouges actually look like they are supposed too. I did end up with points on the end but that seems be sorted now. Sometimes the cutting edges are on the wrong side so I have to work that out.
Have fun
Malcolm