Can't imagine anyone actually likes getting showered in shavings when they are roughing down blanks - I certainly don't and I don't like putting the 'palm-up' like so many pros and demonstrators do - just not comfortable with not having both hands on the gouge and not being able to see what I'm cutting :no:. Got the idea for this little gadget today while roughing down my first commission job in the new shed. I'm gonna stick my neck right out here and predict that nearly every turner on the planet will be using one of these within a year or two :o . . . . OK, how about a couple of turners in the local area after I've threatened them with white-ants in their wood piles! :B
Seriously, it takes about 10 minutes to make one, is so easy but effective to use that I can't believe it hasn't already been done - and I'm gonna be sooooo pi$$ed off if I find somebody else HAS already thought of it but hasn't bothered telling me :doh:
Pic 1. My normal, pocket and cavity filling grip.
Pic 2. Not much change to the grip with the deflector in place - still have full control with no chips in the underwear and full view of the cut
Pic 3. In action - the prototype is a bit short but still blocks about 98% of the chips. Another 10 or 20mm higher would stop the 'bouncers'.
Pic 4. That's all there is to it - a scrap of 6mm Perspex with a hole a little bigger than your gouge - any mug can make one!
Seriously, it takes about 10 minutes to make one, is so easy but effective to use that I can't believe it hasn't already been done - and I'm gonna be sooooo pi$$ed off if I find somebody else HAS already thought of it but hasn't bothered telling me :doh:
Pic 1. My normal, pocket and cavity filling grip.
Pic 2. Not much change to the grip with the deflector in place - still have full control with no chips in the underwear and full view of the cut
Pic 3. In action - the prototype is a bit short but still blocks about 98% of the chips. Another 10 or 20mm higher would stop the 'bouncers'.
Pic 4. That's all there is to it - a scrap of 6mm Perspex with a hole a little bigger than your gouge - any mug can make one!
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