Well, great improvements were made to my set-up today when my friend Dave Smith came to visit.
We boosted the strip sander up an inch and an half. Then we mounted the locking base for the Wolverine. Then a piece of Melamine was attached to the platen via rare earth magnets. Finally a brace behind the platen took care of most of the flexing.
It did a great job on the bowl gouges! After Dave left, I put the leather belt on and charged it with the green bar and hone them. Oh my gosh! The gouge was cutting before it touched the wood or so it seemed! Whispers of wood floated off the cut and even end grain was as smooth as a baby's little cheeks.
Before Dave left, he suggested I made an MDF hone for the flutes and they will even be sharper.
There needs to be a little more refinement of the platen block and the honing wheels need to be completed. Maybe later this week!
Yeah, no pictures yet, but I have to make something for the skews. Finally I have a honker of a roughing gouge I absolutely love and it doesn't fit any of this. But a separate holder to sit into the Wolverine bar vee stop will solve that one.
When all is done, I'll post a picture, but what you all ought to see is the cut that is made and I ain't that good with a camera.
The Wolverine is working as advertised, but Randy's set-up is much more versatile or at least it appeared so in the pictures. So don't forget me, Randy. I am still interested.