Hi Dick

Dick skews are for spindle work, don't get hurt using the wrong tool
for the job !!!

I know you're not asking for this, but / and , and as you haven't
said what kind of wood you where turning, plus, I have used some
method to get a clean cut on a piece of wood that just would not cut
clean.

Case in point was a piece of spalted curly Elm that also a knot in it,
some would say, don't bother with bad wood, but I had tried this
thinned glue way of making some bad spots turnable.

And as some had asked how I did it, plus some skepticism was raised as
to the ability of finishing of the object afterward, I thought it was
a good idea to make some pictures.

I decided to make some pictures of the object after the initial rough-
out, than after finish turning after I had done the glue treatment,
and than after final finishing.

These pic' where showed on WC.

To make some soft spots or slightly soft wood better turnable, I will
take an amount of white glue and mix this with the same amount of
water, (50/50) rough turn my object, let dry for a day, then submerge
the rough turned wood in the 50/50 glue/water and let it sit in there
for a day or two, take it out and let it drip off for a few hours,
then put it in a paper bag and let it dry my regular way, after it's
dry, I turn it and sand and finish it with pure tung oil. Works for
me.

I have a picture of the finished bowl in this album, it's next to the
Buckthorn bowl, as "Siberian Elm Wood" so if you want to have a look
you can.

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum30.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

On Feb 1, 12:50 pm, "Olebiker" wrote:
On Jan 30, 1:38 pm, "
wrote:

Normally a gouge should give the better cut, but if you can't position
it to cut proper, a sharp scraper might do a better job, and SHARP on
a scraper is only good for seconds, don't turn the grinder off, it's
cut/sharpen/cut/sharpen/cut etc.

Neither a sharp gouge nor a sharp scraper seemed to work, so I spent a
little time last night working the the dreaded skew. By attacking the
endgrain horizontally rather than vertically I was able to get a very
smooth cut. It's going to take a lot of practice to get really
comfortable with the skew, and I can only use it on the outside of the
bowl, but I have great hopes for this method.

Dick Durbin
Tallahassee