New turner question. I have been practicing on spindles, and have made a couple of pens and a bottle stopper.
I wanted to make another bottle stopper with 2 woods. I glued 4 maple and cherry squares I had left from a chessboard to make my blank. But after getting it cylindrical with my roughing gouge, I had nothing but problems in the form of catches. Much, much worse than my spindle practicing. I used two difference sizes of spindle gouges. I believe the gouges were sharpened well. My technique is definitely a work in progress, but did the A-B-C, and had the tools resting on the bevel before lifting to cut, cutting downhill – basically all the things I could remember from the readings. I suspect my troubles were because I was dealing with a combination of end grain and side grain due to what I had glued up for the blank. My questions are whether my suspicion makes sense and If that is the case - would better technique have made me successful or is that combination just asking for trouble?
I wanted to make another bottle stopper with 2 woods. I glued 4 maple and cherry squares I had left from a chessboard to make my blank. But after getting it cylindrical with my roughing gouge, I had nothing but problems in the form of catches. Much, much worse than my spindle practicing. I used two difference sizes of spindle gouges. I believe the gouges were sharpened well. My technique is definitely a work in progress, but did the A-B-C, and had the tools resting on the bevel before lifting to cut, cutting downhill – basically all the things I could remember from the readings. I suspect my troubles were because I was dealing with a combination of end grain and side grain due to what I had glued up for the blank. My questions are whether my suspicion makes sense and If that is the case - would better technique have made me successful or is that combination just asking for trouble?