Recently turned a handle for a tool tray I'm making to get the tin snips and aviation snips out of the pliers tray. Spending too much time digging through that tray.
Anyhow, I had a piece of Red Oak more than big enough to do the job and started in
turning. Could tell by what was coming off things weren't going all that well;
when I shut the lathe down to inspect the piece I was a little shocked at how bad it was. Fuzzy and 2 or 3 small size chunks taken out. Have had much better results
with 2-5 years stored pieces of local Florida oak species that I gotten from my yard. Did not expect this with "store bought" wood. I don't get to turn as much as I would like. I think the tool rest that came with the lathe is too short but don't think that is my problem. Need to have all my tools sharper than for turning Poplar or Walnut? Any input appreciated.