Hi

novice to green turning here. I have a few birch logs I got last fall and quickly sealed the ends. I cut one of them into blanks the other day and was turning this one yesterday. I keep having issues with "tear out" and not quite sure what to do. I don't know if this is caused by technique, bad wood, or just the kind of wood. I am using both a 1/2" and a 3/8" bowl gouge which I have just sharpened. The outside of the bowl was not too bad but the inside seemed to be much worse. The wood is we still for sure. I also tried using a bowl scraper on the inside where the tear out was but that did not seem to make any difference. Finally when I got it to shape for the drying phase, I just used my sander to get it smooth.

I'd really appreciate your advice on what I might be doing wrong.

thank you very much

'mark



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