
Re: Waste wood between lines, and clearing
I also notice you never used the v-gouge.

I think maybe it's a bad (?) habit from my staring with carving keishi-gum prints. I was using the five tool set kids in elementary school use, and when carving the gum found that the v-gouge was much easier to use to cur around lines than anything else. I felt I had more control with it. Then I'd use the u-gouge to clear away larger spaces.
I must be holding the tool wrong or something. Cause I do tend to hold it straight up. Or at an angle away from the line I'm cutting. If I try to hold it at an angle toward the line, like you do in your videos, I have trouble seeing where I'm cutting.
Also, I've only just started using the fist grip you use. Before I always held my tools like I did a pencil. But with wood cutting I often slip while cutting and cut further than I want, cutting over lines, and making mistakes. The fist grip is taking some getting used to, but I do notice that I have a bit more control. However, as with the angle problem above, I find that when I put my thumb behind the blade (pushing 9, while pulling 10), I have trouble seeing the line I'm cutting. I'm constantly stopping my cutting to adjust the board so that I can get a better look.
I feel like I'm doing a lot of this so wrong.
PS. Yeah, I apologize for spamming up the boards with my questions. I don't really have anyone else to go to with questions!
