Winging It

Up until now, we have been primarily focused on the tip of the gouge. See why that is, and see how, when, and why we can use the rest of the cutting edge and even cut with the wing!

This video brings us to the end of the series on cutting, since at this point we have thoroughly covered my two pet principles: cutting angle and fulcrum. This is more of a beginning than and end, however, since cutting angle and fulcrum are relevant to all tools, even scrapers.

Cover tool: Ashley Iles 3/8" shallow gouge with "detail" grind

Woods:
face work: Honduran Mahogany
side grain/spindle work: rubber tree
end grain/spindle work: mystery wood (possibly soft Maple)

[vitoriomartinez]

Brian, very interesting and perfectly explained and the images also perfect. Like the rest of the videos that I have seen yours. Thank you very much and greetings. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[walteri.]

Timelessly good! Thanks for this great video!

[terrydavidson]

Brian - I have watched several of your videos and I find they are the best I have found on YouTube! Nice clear explanations and how and why a tool works or does not. Thanks!

[dougie]

Nice instruction as always Brian, I learned to trust and adjust the fulcrum position relative to the point of both for the bevel and tool rest.... thanks  - I think the detail you provide in these lessons is tops on the Tube. Keep them coming, I do appreciate your time and effort... Doug

[DKWalser]

Brian -- Thank you for this series.  You've helped me better understand why what I've been doing works and what I've been trying to do sometimes doesn't work.  It's empowering information.

[severinosilva]

EXPLANATION VERY GOOD, VERY IMPROVED MY WORK. CONGRATULATIONS, FROM BRAZIL.

[Paul-tmny]

A masterpiece of teaching and explanation. Thanks.

[MikePeaceWoodturning]

Another great video for both novice turners prone to catches and experienced turners who can expand their arsenal of cuts. Your camera and editing work is superb. As a novice video maker I would be interested in a video on your camera setup and more.

[gordroberts]

Thanks Brian, this has explained (perhaps eliminated) an entire category of catches for me. Cheers, Gord

[anthonythibodeau]

great explanations! very usefull and detailed informations! Thank you very much!

[romualdslonsk]

Thank you wonderfully explained. We ask for the next videos about turning. cool
Greetings from Poland
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[akshi_az]

Brian, you explanations are very good, that's exactly what I was trying to understand: how the tool is cutting the wood. Thanks for sharing!

I have a question about a cutting angle however. When things happening in 3d it's not clear what exact angle you are referring to. That would be easy with hand planes because there are two planes (iron and board) usually involved, but with turning it's a bit tricky. The wood is round but we can imagine tangent plane (only if it's cylinder or cone though). But cutting edge is not straight as well. Things get even more tricky when you making beds and coves.

Could you please explain that part about cutting angle? You probably already have it explained in some video. Link to the video / drawing / article would be helpful then.

[francisrich]

Love your videos, I need help cutting bowl walls of very old dry myrtle wood. Once I get about 3/8 inch thick II get vibration, unstable, and tool chatter. What do I need to do? Tried scraping, kboom, lost entire bowl.

[georgevalente]

Wring the gouge. Don't and wont use such a difficult tool.