New to turning! A couple of days ago I roughed out 14" Koa HF. I used a 3/4" bg to initially round the piece. I have found that sometimes when performing a push-cut, I use my full hand over the gouge. This results in my pinky contacting the flute of the gouge which is pretty sharp without being sharp! Obviously when roughing out the chain-sawed log, there is quite a bit of banging and pushing and vibration. Once the form gets true, I usually use more of a thumb pushing the push-cut which is easier on the hand. It took me a couple hours to rough out. Never felt any pain but that night I noticed my pinky was a bit numb and tingly on the outside edge. It was my fith HF to date and I'm sure I still am over muscling things but I think it is mainly from my finger intersecting with the point flute and a lot of energy being absorbed at that point?
Has that happened to anyone else? Does a tight glove help?
48 hours now and still tingly
Thanks in advance for any advice, critique, or remedies