Chuck Ellis
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I was thinking the same thing.
On the grip thing, as I get more confident about my tool presentation, I'm finding that if I loosen my grip a bit I tend to have better control. Not sloppy loose, but I avoid a tight death grip on either the handle or over the tool rest. I keep the tool rest hand fairly firmly planted, but try to hold the handle with just my fingertips as much as possible. About like a pool cue.
Another thing in my case, a death grip on the tools and my hands won't last all day for turning... they'll start to cramp and lock up on me and I'll have to stop for a while.