[crw-talk] How NOT to turn wood

[John & Donna Griffiths]

Well, I finished watching that video after lunch and no disasters, he 
ended up with a masterful  piece.  He made a finial and a base for it.  
He is a master with the old "can opener" tool, the skew with an amazing 
outcome on the finial.  His finish was one coat of BLO allowed to dry 
overnight and wax.  John

On 9/30/2020 11:00 AM, John & Donna Griffiths wrote:
> 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
>
>
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