"ebd" wrote in message
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But, Leo, something you just can't seem to comprehend is that it DOESN'T
get
caught because it has no wood over it to catch it, save the minimum
required
to start a shaving;

Over it is irrelevant, the rotation, torque, force is down. Once
again, you need to draw it George. Once the catch starts the tip
follows a downward arc with the rotational point at the tool rest.
Functionally this makes the gouge longer, pushing the tip ever deeper
into the wood - unless of course you are holding the gouge SO loose
that it flys back at you.

Nope. The catch does not occur. That's the beauty of it. The gouge,
positioned flute ( or flute ) for outside, can't dig deeper, because the
rotation wants to wedge it out into open air from below if you roll the top
in to take a heavy shaving.