Turning a face grain spindle Segment 1 of 3

This is the first of 3 segments of a video exploring different gouge cutting techniques when used on a spindle turning that has the grain oriented perpendicular to the lathe bed rather than parallel. The question arose when a fellow was having trouble getting a clean cut on a blank he had laminated for a hand plane knob.

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[JoelAlbert1]

My impression was that using a Spindle Roughing Gouge for Face Grain turning is pretty dangerous. Its a very short tang and may not stand up to the impact of edge grain coming across. You are much safer if you use a bowl gouge which has the heft to do the job safely.

Thoughts?

[bobham5]

Hi, Joel:

That is a good point and one that I confess I never even considered. I don't use a spindle roughing gouge for bowl blanks or anything of any size, but with the small size of this one I never thought about it being the wrong tool. I really doubt that the mass/momentum of a piece this small would make tang breakage and issue but since it also left the worst surface finish it was obviously the wrong tool for the job.

Take care

Bob

[PlebScrubber]

jsut go down the store and buy a door knob, 2 dollars

[Serostern]

Take the wedding ring off around the damn lathe.

Had a friend that ripped the finger off and the tendon ALL THE WAY OUT FROM HIS FUCKING SHOULDER.

Don't fuck around with lathes.

[captainrem]

thanks for the video - you might want to remove your wedding ring when doing this bud, this can go wrong in a hurry..

[MrLeonard55]

Looks pretty nice so far.