Hello everyone, my name is Steve. I am brand new on this forum and basically brand new to woodturning. I started off practicing spindle turning and the started making some handles for bottle openers. Those were turned using dry wood that I had purchased and the process seemed to go smoothly. I made about a dozen or so. I then wanted to start trying some bowl turning. I had no dry wood around that could be made into a decent bowl blank so I went with green wood that I found locally. I was able to make 2 bowls without too much trouble but did experience some catching, some fairly aggressive. When I went to make my third bowl, it seemed to be a much bigger issue and I was hardly able to work at all without catching badly and sometimes actually stopping the lathe entirely. Overall this happened dozens of times even if I tried to cut extremely lightly. This was very alarming and I'm worried I have damaged my lathe. It seems to stop more easily every time I use it now. It is a Rikon 70-220vsr. Also, I am using carbide tools as I heard they are easier for beginners. Is it possible that these tools are so sharp that they are digging too far into the soft green wood? It just seems like it is way too easy to catch and entirely stall the lathe, I haven't come across any others on the web with this problem. Any insight into whats going on is much appreciated! Thanks for reading this.
-Steve
-Steve