Great demonstration by a self taught master. Many thanks for sharing. You have set the bar extremely high but given us all the means to achieve it. Best wishes Paul
You make it look too easy! I really struggle with the skew but I keep trying and after watching this video I’ll be applying this to the spindles I’m currently turning. Thank you !
You make it look so easy. I have never used my skew. I guess I just have to get out in the shop and turn some fire wood with it. Thanks for posting this.
That is simply amazing!! And self taught. I'm new to this whole process and utterly impressed with your techniques and teaching skills. Thank you SIR!!!!!
As has been said: you are a great craftsman and clear teacher. I wanted to learn how to do skew cuts and this nailed it! (No more long-screw-like gouges hashed down my pieces!) :-)
VERY nice video, and fine craftsmanship on display. Have you ever tried beveling your tool rest? Seems you could get the fulcrum quite a bit closer to the wood, but perhaps that's not as good for your technique(?)
Curtis do you have a video showing your wooden tool rest? I think that's a great idea. Do you have different lengths? This video was great in how you move the tool for various shapes.
And I was thinking that I invented that corkscrew motion. Glad to find out a bit more about how it starts. After it races off over the single, it is hard to remember exactly what happened. Thanks.
How are you using the skew to replace using calipers? I understand that the skew is making V's that are as deep as you want to end up and that you then cut to the depth of the V, but I don't understand how you know how deep to go with the skew and how you get that depth. Are you eyeballing how far you burry the skew tip and doing some math in your head? Beautiful work and very helpful video!
