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Terry Q said:
The dreaded skew. A tool that's wonderful to use once you "master" it. I've been trying to "master" it for years. I'm not to bad but still get bit if I get cocky. Well done Frederick. Turning small with a skew is a +1 in difficulty.
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Thank you Terry. Hope you're OK and feeling well. I have learnt that before I touch the wood with a skew I stop, take stock of what I am about to do and then I have to concentrate extremely hard. I certainly have not mastered it, but I would love to. You are very correct though, become blase and it will bite, but I love it.....

Cheers
Frederick
 
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Frederick said:
Thank you Terry. Hope you're OK and feeling well. I have learnt that before I touch the wood with a skew I stop, take stock of what I am about to do and then I have to concentrate extremely hard. I certainly have not mastered it, but I would love to. You are very correct though, become blase and it will bite, but I love it.....

Cheers
Frederick
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It like riding a bike, once you learn you never forget.:thumbs:
 
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A few years ago, the missus was working and I was home alone, I decided that I would learn to use these horrible skews rather than let them hang on the wall gathering dust.
I got a long piece of square pine, and attempted to turn it round, after a fair while, with a lot of dig in, swearing and cursing, and frequent jump out of the of flying wood, it was easy. I started with an 1" skew once I was confident with that, I started with a 3/4" skew, when that was good I tried the 1/2" once that was mastered it is my favourite for turning pens.
Now the 1" and 3/4" skew hang on wall gathering dust.:thumbs:
 
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