Shopping Gloat

[Jason Ritchie]

I was good last week so my wife took me shopping at Klingspor's Friday afternoon. Here is what I picked out:
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I bought Richard Raffan's book and the Wood Turners Finish based on what I learned here.

[John Keeton]

Jason, looks like you made some smart purchases!! The Woodturners Finish is now my go to finish. The skew and I are not on good terms - we hardly speak anymore -so, that jig would not have been in my purchase, however!!!:D

[Jason Ritchie]

John, I still turn a lot of pens so the skew is my favorite tool for that. What do you use instead of the skew? I have been using a homeade shapening jig for a while now and it works great but takes a lot of time to switch the setup between different tools so I finally bit the bullet and bought the full setup. I bought the vari-grind some time ago for my bowl gouges and really like it a lot.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Congrats! Always a good thing when you can pick up some tools you KNOW you are going to use! Have fun!!

[John Keeton]

What do you use instead of the skew?Anything!!! I would prefer using a dull hatchet!;):D A skew works magic in the hands of someone that has the skill, but I just never got there. Saw the videos - half dozen times, but no go!

[Roger Chandler]

That wolverine setup will help you as much as anything in turning........that and Raffan's book will serve you very well!