Morris, good stuff.

I did dags the DAGS and observed that the acronym is used mainly in
woodworking discussions - interesting. On other hand, I did find the
following reference and still wondering what are dags.

Cheers, Ollie

as_is
G'day.

Go here... http://www.woodcut-tools.com/
& follow the links to contact them & ask for the demo video on CD.

In the mean time, speed up the lathe to around 500RPM &
slow down the feed rate. (of the tool)
Cliff,
I eventually received a reply from Woodcut and the reseller. No clear answer
regarding calculating depth of cut or even grabbing but they refer back to
the brochure and sugegst a method of holding via spigots. I also have the
video CD which I viewed several times.
I have since slowed down the tool feed rate and hold the handle with both
hands to prevent the tool from being dragged into the job thus jamming. I
also deburred some of the edges of the tool which had plating

dags

and applied wax on the cutter. I will speed up the lathe next time. Thanks
for the tip.
I have also worked out from geometric first principles the depth and bowl
radius and produced a guide table.
Regards
Alec

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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DAGS: "Do A Google Search" (use the internet search engine at
http://www.google.com to find information)

Don't be in a big hurry to send the shaper to the dustbin! You may need it
yet. Your needs are almost certainly different from mine; and at some
point you may discover that you prefer the shaper for some of the
operations that you do (and I do not.)