I'm turning a green sugar maple crotch bowl now that is giving me an odd problem. I've rough turned it to completely round, but the gouge continues to skip and chatter a little as if I'm still out of round.
My theory is that the wood is so green and wet that it's easy for the gouge to dig in for a portion of the cut, and then to subsequently follow the irregularity. I've tried all kinds of speeds.
I've also been using a heavy bowl scraper to clean up the irregularity, but even IT seems to chatter. I've not had this problem with other, more dry bowls.
As a result, I have to take extremely light, shearing passes which is becoming tedious.
Any ideas why this is happening?