Post by sulvarbir on Aug 29, 2019 16:44:03 GMT
Hi Pete,
apologies for the delay but I've had a few days at the IOM Classic TT.
If I'm being honest the journey to Turners Retreat was not worth the time. The people were great and Mick the trainer had lots of knowledge. The difficulty was there were 3 students(inc myself) but one elderly gentleman had gone to every charity shop and purchased turning tools that had been used to hammer in 6" nails. He also was asking lots of questions about turning in general. In fairness to Mick he did accommodate the guy butter a couple of nudges we did some sharpening using the Sorby Pro Edge and also a Record Power double wheel set up.
I have attached three images of the way I was shown to sharpen the diamond parting tool using the Pro Edge set at 20 degrees. The jig was used to draw a line on the actual plate. The parting tool was aligned to the line and then held in place with two fingers on the top edge and pushed toward the belt with the other hand. Difficult to show as I'm not an octopus. Anyhoo the way I was shown worked. I had a practice on the day and have been able to replicate it at home.
A couple of other useful things for me was how a roughing out gouge can slip/wander whilst resting in the jig. I practiced without the jig and it seems to work well. The other big thing for me was the fingernail jig. I found mine to be very stiff in use and had slackened it off. What I didn't, realise because I hadn't read about it or seen it on a video that there are lines on the jig that need to be aligned in order to get the maximum effect of the tool. I suggested that this would be useful to know and should be included on any further demonstration videos produced by Sorby.
I also picked up a buffing kit and again after being shown how to use it, have a decent set of edged Pfeil carving tools again. Also a rubber block for the sanding belt which I think you have mentioned elsewhere on the forum.
I did purchase a new toy, sorry chisel which was the half inch Excelsior bowl gouge which Mick kindly ground for me to get the basic shape. I was worried I'd make a hash of it and took the opportunity to ask someone to do it for me who knew what they were doing given the cost of the gouge. It's had a run out on a cherry blank and its brill.
I can only compare the retail space at Turners Retreat(TR) to the Axminster (Warrington) store. TR has three parts to it, a third of which is for wood turning. The whole store is a much smaller footprint than Axminster and when you reduce it by a third you can tell the difference. The best thing for me was the room set aside for wood blanks. There is nothing like that near me and apart from shopping on eBay, decent wood is something I am struggling with.
I hope this is of some use and again apologies for the delay.
Kind Regards
apologies for the delay but I've had a few days at the IOM Classic TT.
If I'm being honest the journey to Turners Retreat was not worth the time. The people were great and Mick the trainer had lots of knowledge. The difficulty was there were 3 students(inc myself) but one elderly gentleman had gone to every charity shop and purchased turning tools that had been used to hammer in 6" nails. He also was asking lots of questions about turning in general. In fairness to Mick he did accommodate the guy butter a couple of nudges we did some sharpening using the Sorby Pro Edge and also a Record Power double wheel set up.
I have attached three images of the way I was shown to sharpen the diamond parting tool using the Pro Edge set at 20 degrees. The jig was used to draw a line on the actual plate. The parting tool was aligned to the line and then held in place with two fingers on the top edge and pushed toward the belt with the other hand. Difficult to show as I'm not an octopus. Anyhoo the way I was shown worked. I had a practice on the day and have been able to replicate it at home.
A couple of other useful things for me was how a roughing out gouge can slip/wander whilst resting in the jig. I practiced without the jig and it seems to work well. The other big thing for me was the fingernail jig. I found mine to be very stiff in use and had slackened it off. What I didn't, realise because I hadn't read about it or seen it on a video that there are lines on the jig that need to be aligned in order to get the maximum effect of the tool. I suggested that this would be useful to know and should be included on any further demonstration videos produced by Sorby.
I also picked up a buffing kit and again after being shown how to use it, have a decent set of edged Pfeil carving tools again. Also a rubber block for the sanding belt which I think you have mentioned elsewhere on the forum.
I did purchase a new toy, sorry chisel which was the half inch Excelsior bowl gouge which Mick kindly ground for me to get the basic shape. I was worried I'd make a hash of it and took the opportunity to ask someone to do it for me who knew what they were doing given the cost of the gouge. It's had a run out on a cherry blank and its brill.
I can only compare the retail space at Turners Retreat(TR) to the Axminster (Warrington) store. TR has three parts to it, a third of which is for wood turning. The whole store is a much smaller footprint than Axminster and when you reduce it by a third you can tell the difference. The best thing for me was the room set aside for wood blanks. There is nothing like that near me and apart from shopping on eBay, decent wood is something I am struggling with.
I hope this is of some use and again apologies for the delay.
Kind Regards