[crw-talk] How NOT to turn wood

[John & Donna Griffiths]

Hello, y'all know I am kind of a nag about safety.  Well, after watching 
the news this morning I began watching a You Tube video in which some  
guy turned a beautiful lidded box.  It began with him sharpening his 
gouge WITHOUT A GUARD ON HIS VITREOUS BLUE GRINDING WHEEL.  I darn near 
had a stroke.  Those things blow up sometimes.  Now I don't have a guard 
on my CBN wheel but they are solid metal milled from a billet.  But all 
of us know the vitreous wheels do on occasion come apart and Oneway jigs 
like the one he was using provide golden opportunities to jam the tool 
into the wheel.  I too use a Oneway jig, but carefully.

I watched a bit more, good technique with a bowl gouge and parting tool. 
Then he got out the SPINDLE ROUGHING GOUGE and took that to the piece.  
And I could not tell for certain the wood orientation but it looked like 
bowl or cross grain, absolutely a no-no.  He was smart enough to wear a 
face shield.

On of my pet peeves about some woodturning videos is the dangerous 
methods taught to upcoming woodturners who don't know better.  This 
turkey did come up with a beautiful piece at the end but risked his neck 
and taught poor technique in the process.

That's my rant for today, John