Chuck Rodekohr
In Memorium
- Messages
- 495
- Location
- NorCal, USA
I’m real new at this. I took a beginning wood turning class two Saturdays ago and turned a white oak vase, and a basic bowl turning class last weekend and turned a poplar bowl. I bought a block of spalted tupelo to practice on. From this, I will (try to) turn a bowl 4” X 8", a 6-8” tall vase and two short, stubby vases. For the bowl, I cut the blank to an 8"+ circle. While turning it round, it really felt like it was out of round, but it was just the gouge passing over the end grain that made it feel out of round. My question is, did I choose a poor type of wood to practice on, or is there a way to smooth the end grain. I used a skew chisel but the end grain is still very rough.