It's actually pretty neat. You curl your off hand around the turning,
fingers straight down to avoid stubbing, and put your thumb on the skew.
Don't need a steady.

"Millers" wrote in message
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I guess if that works for you then great, but it would be very awkward
to cut on the top of the turning for me. I usually set the rest so that
my skew is cutting between 10 and 11 o:clock (so to speak) with the long
point up.