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Creeps
Ever have the feeling that something's just plain wrong? I was turning a
piece today where I had to go up hill to go down grain, and I must have put the gouge in the wrong place ten times after pausing the lathe. Just gives you the creeps to be cutting up hill from the center of a bowl to the rim. Or from the rim toward the center on the back side. Was pretty lucky, actually. It was a fully parted-off bowl with what was once a 2" mortise on the back, and no pillar in the front, as I normally dry my things. Just out of effective reach for the 1" jaws, but the 2" wouldn't fit after a concentric dry. Ended up turning a mandrel like they did in the old days, wedging into the recess, cut a really shallow groove to grip with the Power-Grip jaws in the face, got enough to hold, and was able to do the recess on the bottom without losing it. Worst part of it is, it just looks ugly. No color in the raw, and oil doesn't seem to have done much for it. At least it was a learning experience, if not a creative one. Still feels weird to cut in reverse, though. |
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