This guy made some of the best woodturning instructional videos ever.

As I am new to turning this is the best explanation and examples of how to use the skew. Your marking the tool to show how and where the tool works is really excellent as it enables us to actually understand and follow . Many thanks Brian greatly appreciated.

Thanks Brian, best presentation of the Skew I have seen yet.

This is one of the best videos I have seen on skew use! Thank you, Thank you!

This is definitely one of the best videos on the skew I've found. Great instructions and plain enough that even i could follow.❤

This video was insanely helpful to me, even after watching the plethora of videos around on skew chisels. Thank you, man.

I have watched several videos about the use and sharpening of skews and this was by far the most informative I've seen so far. Very concrete examples that were easy to understand.

As a novice, I have been watching a bunch of skew videos. This one has been extremely helpful, more than most. Thanks,.

Thanks Brian, very well presented. Showing the different angles and bevels followed by a demonstration was very educational. Even though it's a 6 year old video, the education is timeless.

Well, I know what I’m spending my morning on, regrinding my skews. Many thanks for this informative video.

Excellent, probably the best and most informative video I have had the pleasure to watch. Thank you for taking the time. Tim

This is exactly what I was looking for Brian. Most Excellent! Thank you for the teaching moment...🤠

Thank you for your detail explanation. You do a great job of showing the whys and how’s instead of showing off a project.

You are excellent in description and all the advantages and disadvantages. I would have to say I think you are the best for sure. Thanks and keep them coming.

Very helpful, thanks! Yours and Brendan Stemp's videos are the best I've seen on this tool.

A great guid. I was thinking about buying myself a skew chisel. I will definitely be trying out some of the angles you have shown. I’ve been turning now for about 4 months and I like the fact that Turners like your self still take the time to post guides like this on here. Many thanks.

Very well presented,clear and easy to understand video thanks

As a total beginner, I am very impressed with the detail and clear description that is included in the videos. I have even binge-watched your videos when I cannot get out to the garage (-27 degrees Celsius). Thanks a bunch!

Thank you. That's the best explanation of skew options I've seen. I'm just starting down the rabbit hole with a lathe and getting myself tooled up. I got a box of about 30 tools with the lathe, some nice Sorby pieces and some generic disposable ones. They all need reground and I've made a list from this video for the skews.

Been doing woodworking fo 45 years and turning for 15 and understand everything. You are very good at showing stuff to the public especially for new turners.Great job! Buster from the Yukon Canada

Very helpful, thanks. I picked up a 90 Degree “nonskew” tool a while back. It has become a favorite for peelin tenons and rolling beads. I too like a radius edge for peeling, and for shaping long fair curves.

This is tremendously helpful. I can imagine how much work must have gone into this video for research, shooting, and editing. Just the grinding and regrinding of the tools must have taken a long time. I really appreciate all the effort and the clear way it was presented. Nice work.

Beautifully explained with great care taken to describe how and why to use different grinds and approaches to using a skew

Excellent video, Sir, you are an expert and a great tutor! This kind of clear, detailed instruction is just what a beginner hobbyist woodturner needs. Thank you!👍

This video is very helpful. I wonder some time to time why my tools would get caught on the wood, now I understand that I was cutting at the wrong angle. Also the explanation of each tool is super useful to a beginner like me. Thank you and I will keep watching your videos to learn as much as I can.

Gods, I learned so much about what I am doing wrong for the last 3 years because of your videos. Thank you so much

All your videos are informative and a pleasure to watch. Thank you very much.

Think this is the best explanation I've seen of what skew shapes and sizes actually mean in practice.

This series is priceless to someone just starting..........discovered a delta 46-460 sitting on a back wall........learning by mistake and now video Thanks

Really comprehensive and informative. Thank you Brian.

Great amount of information presented very well. Thank you.

What can I say other than Thank You! I am so new to wood turning I haven't even made anything yet , just practice cuts. Reground my 1 inch skew to 70 with a bevel of 40 and amazing how much of a difference it made to the ease and quality of cut. I may experience a rounded skew later after I learn how to control the straight edge.

Great video Brian. I'm a beginning turner and I've been making rolling pins for friends for a few months. I've made some beautiful laminated, exotic woods, rolling pins, but I've spent probably an hour or more sanding after turning the shape with a gouge. Using a 1-inch skew chisel with your recommended angles, I finished off the cylinder with the planing cut and it took only a few minutes sanding.

Great video. Explaining the difference in skew angles and their use. Will definitely recommend to other turners. Thanks.

Brian, you always offer excellent videos. Thanks for doing this!

Truly excellent teaching. Not to much info at all I am a novice. I notice you have no oval skews but you make a good case for flat types. Thank you for taking so much time to demonstrate, love it.

I very much appreciate the time, the knowledge and effort you put into this video. I have several skews and many I have ground similar to what you showed us. While mine work quite well, with your added info I can better tune them now and understand why I would be doing that.. Thanks for your efforts in these videos ! Incidentally, I just switched from grinding my turning tools to either belt sanding or disk sanding them. I did this to get rid of that hollow grind you were addressing when you mentioned hand honing , which I also do. I got tired of dealing with the aggressive nature of that hollow that forms on turning tools from an 8" grinder. Either taking time to back grind or altering angle ground etc, that's all done with now lol. I'm very pleased with the change I made and I had the belt and disk sanders here all along.. The skew is is one of the easiest to start finishing that way instead of with a grinding wheel too. I can do those free hand, I use the same General tools protractor you were using.

You make it look easy. The skew has always scared me but after this vid I will persevere. Well done 👍

Excellent information explaining the various choices and their effects. Thank you.

Well presented and thought out. Good overall explanation of skews

I need to revisit the skew. It scares me. Thanks for the clear explanations

lot of pure gold info there! thank you for sharing it

/thank you for the effort it must have taken to make this video. Well explained points about angles and approach, etc. And frankly, exactly what i needed for perspective as lately i have been trying to improve my use of skews. Well done.

Thank you for the time you put in the video. You are a lot of help.

Don't know why you gave up but these are gold dust stuff, superb work, if you're reading this, thank you, hope you're doing well, regards.

Great video on the skew Brian! Thank you!!!

Brian Thank You!!!!! Thank You!!!!! Thank You!!!!! I have not turned in several months and got back out in the shop only to have a horrible time with catches. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong. after watching about half the video I had to pause and go to the shop. It became obvious what I was doing. Again thanks for helping me solve my problem. Thank You Dean Grimes

Great stuff thank you. New to turning but the skew is by far my favorite tool of the bunch.

I am learning a lot from your videos, thank you for the effort.

Great video, and as has already been stated, a timeless one. Finally found the answers I have been looking for.

Thank you Brian! You are a very good teacher Sir

Great information, Brian. Thanks for sharing, Thumbs up.

Great job Brian! Thanks Richard Scott

Well done! Nice use of overlay voice with closeup photography. Nice balance of the why’s and the why-nots.

Once again thank you for the advice and demo

Very good video I have been turning for 40 years, mostly spindle work. I learnt a few things from your video, I can work right or left handed, that is how I overcome some of disadvantages of being only right handed.

Excellent, informative, and useful video. Thanks

Superb piece of information

Great information in an understandable format

thank you best video about skew edges. Now I will try them out myself. again thank you

Very helpful and informative. Thank you

Great video! Really informative, thank you.

Excellent presentation and information. A lot of help with good purposes. Thanks!

Great info Brian. Thanks for posting. - rick

Very interesting good explanation thanks Brian

Finally a detailed explanation, that I understand 😉 thank you very much for the education.

Hi Brian; thanks for the infos. I like the skew a lot and the angles explanations helps a lot. Thanks for sharing. Marc

Excellent video my friend thank you for the knowledge 👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁

Great content, well presented. Thank you.

Super, Thanks. I'm off to the grinder.

Really informative and useful. Happy to subscribe to your channel.

Great info I am just starting out this is a huge help !

Really good video, thanks!

Great content. Clear explanations. Thanks for the video...

Шикарный урок, шикарный перевод. Thank you!

Well done sir!!

Thank you for this!!!

For Future Reference: 1:27 Bevel Definition; Included Angle; 40 degrees as a start 3:01 Deviation from 40 degree bevel 4:51 Skew Angle 7:29 Making beads with regard to skew cutting edge orientation 9:49 Splitting the difference; a virtual pointer for effective bevel support 10:28 Relatively Straight Skews: 90°, 70°, 60°, 50° angles for bead-making 19:02 Shape (curvature) of cutting edge 20:41 "If I could only have one skew" 21:20 "If I could only have two skews" 22:28 Honing for great sharpness 25:02 The Alan Lacer skew 29:38 Conclusion

That little bastard at 23:54 gets me every time. It's SO unstable but SO awesome for small spindles if you get it under control. You should do a video just on that one.

Brilliant thank you !

Really great!

Excellent video. I especially appreciated your discussion of skew angles. I learned a lot. One thing you didn't discuss is the length of the handle on your skews. I just recently adopted using a 7" handle on two of my skews. I find the shorter handles to be much more flexible and easier to use.

thanks, super nice information!!!!!!!!

Thank you! Так же спасибо переводчику!

I've referenced this video about 10 times already, thank you! Question: your recommendation for beading skew is strait 45/50, but a beading/parting tool is straight 90. I understand peeling Vs sheering cuts, but I'd still love to hear you compare when/why to use either. Cheers.

Where do you buy the hones you use? Awesome video. Thank you for keeping it simple and to the point.

Parabéns Brian Havens; excelente trabalho orientações valiosas, mas eu ainda encontro dificuldades no torneamento. ainda ocorre mordidas no torneamento chegando até a quebrar as tigelas... abraço...

Very knowledgeable thank you

great tips .bob

Great tips even in 2021.

interesante e instructivos todos tus comentarios gracias por ello jorge de argentina

Finally some no nonsense FACTS....rather than, Do as I say....thanks for the great info.

Just found this Tutorial Brian Heaps of info to absorb. Thanks

Thanks very much.

Great design. I've got a piece of sugar maple of similar size ready for the second turning so your video is really timely and helpful on design and technique. Please tell me what the finished dimensions are, including the thickness of the rim, sides, and bottom, and proportion of foot to top (looks like around the typical one third). It would really help. Thanks.

Amigo muito bom seu vídeo. E uma verdadeira aula parabéns.

Thanks for the very informative video! So Brian, what do you think of an oval skew? The first skew bought was the Sorbey 1 inch oval skew. It seems a little hard to learn but I’m trying! Can you give us any ideas on using an oval skew?

Очень интересная и полезная информация. Удачи!

exceptional.

Excellent video! Exceptional material. What tool rest are you using in this video?