here are some remarks from some very knowlegable members of a turning club I
belong to - I've removed their names and emails of course for privacy. in
short, they don't think much of the ariticle - personally, I haven't seen
it. maybe this will offer some counterpoint to the original post

Bill N



Dx,

When I saw this e-mail announcement and read it, my reaction was this does
mean anything to me and I'm not sure the guy knows what he is talking about.

Bx
----- Original Message -----
From: Dx
To: turnings
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: [turnings] Fw: Article "Turning Tools:Spotting Desing Flaws


Bx, I read this article from Darlow. Believe me, it will make your eyes
glaze
over. He is basically a pompous gasbag with delusions of expertise. We
had
a written exchange in the 80's in the AAW magazine as he roundly
criticised a tool he had never seen before and claimed it didn't work.
That
was the Stabilax which I
invented and was tested and enthusiastically endorsed by all the leading
wood magazines. Thousands of that tool were sold and used all over the
world. It also apparently led to the development of other tools such as
the round skew chisel.
He bad-mouthed aluminum handles with shot in them in the current article.
(Such as in Jerry's tools) I would say Jerry is a more credible expert
than
Darlow. Dx



[Original Message]
From: william_b_noble
To:
Date: 8/29/05 9:07:09 PM
Subject: [turnings] Fw: Article "Turning Tools:Spotting Desing Flaws


----- Original Message -----
From: "charlie b" charlieb@
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.woodturning
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: Article "Turning Tools:Spotting Desing Flaws


The October 2005 issue of Woodwork (a steal at $4.99 US)
has an interesting article by Mike Darlow entitled
Turning Tools: Spotting Design Flaws.

Mr. Darlow, trained as a civil engineer, examines
roughing gouges
detail/spindle gouges
bowl gouges
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