On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:48:41 -0600, Leon wrote:

"Mike Marlow" wrote:
Mike M wrote:
It's my sisters birthday, so I turned a few things for her. The
surprize was remembering all the maple rounds I had stored in one of
the sheds fo future use. Turns out it's developed some nice spalting.

http://s1185.beta.photobucket.com/us...tml?sort=3&o=0

Mike M

Just don't understand how you guys do that stuff. You putz around with
tools that point in the wrong direction, spin blocks of wood around and then
stick sharp things in their path, and somehow turn out really nice looking
stuff. If that were me, the outcome of my efforts would be called
schrapnel...

I have said this a few times lately, the new carbide tipped turning tools
have a near zero learning curve. I have 3 and replaced all of my 15 or so
other traditional turning tools.

I have one, but I haven't used it much, maybe I'll give it another
try. I've found that as I've got better at sharpening, specificaly
the finger ground gouges and learned to use the bevel more I do pretty
well. On the outside once the shape is roughed out I prefer to use a
skew chisel the most.

Mike M