Skew chisel size

[J-G]

Graham, you should have come and seen me at Nuneaton, I was doing quite a lot of skew work.
Richard

And very well explained as I said when I congratulated you as you were on the way to the competition area. You got my vote.

JG

 

[Richard Findley]

Glad you both enjoyed it

As for who won...... :-" :-" :-" \/ \/ \/ :-D :-D :-D :-D

http://www.axminster.co.uk/blog/2014/03 ... -nuneaton/

Cheers

Richard

 

[Grahamshed]

Well deserved Richard. My two favourites in the top three. I was also impressed with Phil Irons Acacia vase.

 

[woodturnerEric]

I have skews from 1 1/8" down to 1/8",square round and oval,the size of the skew depends on the size of the stuff your working on,I use the 1/8" skew on micro goblets with captive rings(5 mm tall)up to the big ones on say my latest piece which is a totem pole (japanese style)4-7" across and 13 ft tall.Practice is the only way to master these tools and dig ins can be spectacular,(had to have a week and a half of turning sliced/mashed finger),just got back to it this week with no probs,but remember,concentrate at all times when using these,it only takes a millisecond lapse to get a dig in,also you can use both points to work with,long point for cleaning end grain,short one for shoulders on square work,planing use the bottom third I`d say,cheers,

Eric.

 

[Jacob]

Edited, I've answered my own questions (about rolling beads) by watching Alan Batty.
Watching others too, they often do things differently


Going to do some more when I've had me porridge

 

[Jacob]

Edited, I've answered my own questions (about rolling beads) by watching Alan Batty.
Watching others too, they often do things differently


Going to do some more when I've had me porridge

Skewing away Rob Cosman style. His vid is very neat



Still seems to be the hardest thing for me but getting better!
No prob with the other gouges etc.

 

[Adam Pinson]

Nothing like a skew catch to pull you out of a zen moment