Day 4

Day 3


This is the part I struggle with the most, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. I've stopped using a guide or a rest and just hold by hand.















The pink things are ear plugs. I used to only be about eye protection. In the last year, I've found myself nodding at people when they whisper, thinking to myself "I wish he'd stop mumbling"















I HATE roughing out a bowl. This is a larger bowl then I usually make. Frankly - it scares me.

The wood spins towards me at the slowest speed, which I think is about 700 RPM. (For those that can't visualize 700RPM, that is precisly the speed required to make you shit your pants when it grabs your chisel)

As the wood spins, I shove the chunk of metal into the wood. If the metal is sharp, it will slice the wood off in shavings. If the metal is not sharp, it will tear the wood off.

When it is not yet round, it is scarry as shit.







I broke the blade of my 1.5" roughing gouge when it grabbed and flew across my shop. Now I use this as a roughing gouge. Its pointed so its surface area is much smaller. That means its slower, but grabs less.

























Here's a big ol' chunk I ripped out when the wood grabbed the chisel!!
















































I'm very pleased at this point. The outside is almost roughed out, and I have only had about three 'scares' where the wood grabs the chisel and it almost flys from my hand.

Day 5