My club gave me a chunk of green walnut last week and i decided to make a natural edge out of it, well i began turning and was trying the push cut that i am new to and was having some difficulty but i'm not convince yet that it was my technique as much as not getting sharp enough tools off the grinder, I was leading the edge with bevel rubbing and turned about 45 degrees, i was also trying to push more down on the rest than into the piece as i found that rubbing the bevel should be more like following the bevel. Well let me tell you these were some rough cuts, lots of effort, which judging by other youtube videos iv'e watched i was doing something wrong but kind of believe it was my gouge, either not sharp enough or wrong bevel. I had all my bowl gouges sharpened with a 50 degree bevel but watched Stuart Batty video and decided to go with a 45 degree grind instead, although he does a 40/40 grind. That said, my wheel on my grinder is a whit wheel, and is getting rather small and is in need of a changing, I'm guessing its down to about a 5 to 6 inch wheel now. I have a blue Nortan wheel that i will change it out with until i can afford a CBN wheel.
Anyway, through lots of sanding, this natural edge which lost its bark measure 7 1/2" wide by 5 5/8" deep, and about a 1/4" in wall thickness.
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Originally Posted by Joe Shanaphy
