Darrell,

Simply you were referring to newbies. I tried a skew again this weekend and
think #@%&$#@!!!!!

No way can my wife handle this thing. If a really skilled & practiced person
can make it talk, then I think that comes under advanced work. Personally
started on a piece of side grain wet wood just fiddling with coves, beads
and a spindle gouge. She's getting more from that while trying to be precise
to a pattern than anything she did with bowls. I agree the skew cuts an
awesome V. Just that it catches better than Johnny Bench.

I did notice something I'd missed before on an Ellsworth vid. A detail gouge
with a convex bevel for parting his bowls. I found it works great versus the
usual concave.

TomNie