Although having read the "end grain problem" topic and similar others I think I still need help:
My problem are the fluffy or even broken structures of the grain inside and outside my bowls.
I think my edges are sharp (if I take a look at my really long shavings) and my tools have the right sized blades, (we made at least 10 different
tools with different hooks and the edge as well on the inside as on the outside, for a try)
The problem shows up in the two quarters where I work against the grain and with none of our tools and with
no cutting tricks by turning the blades in different ways I was able to produce a sliding cut, like shown in
Nicolas or Robins video.
Working with the grain works satisfying - for my first bowls.
So I think its more the moisture and the material, I worked with green alder, cut 2 months ago and kept swimming
in a big well. For the pole lathe this is an excellent material which produces kind of a velvet shiny surface but on the bowl lathe
its has obviously to loose much of its moisture.
So:
1: does this problem show up especially with alder?
2: are my tools still not sharp enough?
3: when preturned as green wood, how much seasoned should the bowl be before "endturning"?
4: do you regularly sand your bowls?
So thats for today, BUT with all the recorded problems above I really did enjoy turning my first 3 or 4 bowls
and am looking forward the coming weekends to improve both my skills and my bowl lathe and tools and this joy and fun working with my own hands
( not to forget my feet on the lathe) came only by you all guys, as you share your knowledge and fascination in all these topics, time to say "Thank You"
with greetings from a sunny Bavaria, Germany