I do not know much about proprioception but I do know that I often find my
eyes closed while working inside a hollow form because it is easier to see
the tool tip that way.
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS
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"Mark Fitzsimmons" wrote in message
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception


Precisely. It's a stretch to believe that you have proprioceptive sense
with disparate lengths of handle, etc, but for lack of a better term,
it'll do.

The muscle feedback circuitry is why you want to make your entry cut with
locked small muscles, pivoting with your whole body. Gross "balance"
rather than fine muscle feedback, which is faulty and slow until you're
established in the cut. Same principle as using the far end of the gouge
to make fine adjustments to the working end. A perceptible half inch
there will make an imperceptible 32nd of an inch adjustment to the cutting
edge.