https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/magazine/more-on-the-web/
https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/magazine/more-on-the-web/
To watch a video that overviews the purpose of buffing and polishing in the sharpening process, visit woodworkersjournal.com and click on “More on the Web” under the Magazine tab.
Learning to turn is easy; it’s learning to properly sharpen the tools that’s the bugaboo. The idea of woodturning is fairly straightforward. It requires an understanding of the process, and of course there is a sense of “feel” you must develop at the lathe. That said, it actually only takes about 40 hours of turning to get sufficiently proficient so you can make usable turnings.
The proviso, however, is that you must have correctly shaped
