Originally Posted by
Allen Mattsen
Melvin, thank you for sharing. That is a wealth of information! Because I am 50 and retired now (and not early do to selling a .com, either, lol, but due to a health issue) I want to take the long, slow route and learn the craft and not take the easy, quick routes that seem to be really popular right now such as pens and carbide tools. For whatever reason that hasn't attracted me. I'm willing to take some growing pains.
Hopefully, though, at some point the world opens up and I can connect with some local woodturning people, classes, clubs, etc. and also begin learning from others, as well.
I learned that for small boxes, one of the people I spoke with uses a 10mm spindle gouge, some negative rake scrapers including primarily a 3/4" skew scraper and 3/4" round nose scraper.
Yes, this is the hard part - seeing the future! Experience is the best teacher and right now that's what I have the least of. Thankfully, I'm humble enough to ask for help and learn as much as I can. I'm checking out the book "Ellsworth on Woodturning".