28-07-2012, 08:43 PM
The metal-cutting bit I used looks very like a scraper chisel so probably wasn't too badly wrong.
Scraper chisels (actually modified ¼" mortice chisels) were always the default tool at school. I think I only tried using a gouge once and didn't get on with it. Skew chisels never bothered me at all. It must have been the confidence (and ignorance!) of youth.
I didn't know about the need to have the tool above the centre line so thanks for that tip.
I certainly plan on rigging a tool-rest for free-hand use. I never expected this job to turn out so well as all I was hoping to do was rough it out and then finish it off with glass paper. Anything was better than how the spindle was as the what-not couldn't even be screwed together how it was never mind how it looked.
Cheers
Joe
Scraper chisels (actually modified ¼" mortice chisels) were always the default tool at school. I think I only tried using a gouge once and didn't get on with it. Skew chisels never bothered me at all. It must have been the confidence (and ignorance!) of youth.
I didn't know about the need to have the tool above the centre line so thanks for that tip.
I certainly plan on rigging a tool-rest for free-hand use. I never expected this job to turn out so well as all I was hoping to do was rough it out and then finish it off with glass paper. Anything was better than how the spindle was as the what-not couldn't even be screwed together how it was never mind how it looked.
Cheers
Joe
