Hi Emiliano! Thank you so much, the feedback is much appreciated!
- I will definitely work on improving my body positioning. With the 40/40 gouge, my body positioning is just what comes naturally to me, but I definitely need to break that habit.
- With the bottom bowl gouge, I was excited to use my new long handle but, it was actually too long because I kept hitting my tailstock. I shouldn't have even attempted the cut without removing the tailstock or using a slightly shorter handle but, I was already recording and decided to keep going.
- You are absolutely right about the bevel on my 40/40 in the video. I honestly do grind away the heel on my 40/40 normally but, I was so focused on getting a decent shot of me grinding the main grind that I neglected to get a shot of that. The video doesn't show it but, after I first started cutting, I went back to the grinder to cut away that heel.
- I appreciate the feedback on the proportions of the calabash as well. I knew that I'd missed the mark on a true Hawaiian Calabash, and even admitted that in the description of the video. I recognized that the proportions were off with the height, and also that I didn't have any pewa's but, I didn't recognize that the sides were too straight. At the same time, that doesn't surprise me though. Earlier in the video I was really proud of the shape but, due to a bark inclusion I was trying to get rid of, I kept cutting and went way too far.
During that whole process I had your words echoing in my head from the demo that you did for WT360. Because the curve is so critical, you explained how a person can get into trouble chasing that perfect angle and turn a 12" bowl into an 8" bowl really quick. Well.....I was certainly guilty of that!
Thanks again, Emiliano! I will take your words to heart and give this another attempt!
SB