turning tools went dull quick

[Charleston]

Where is your tool rest set in relation to the horizontal centerline of the blank.
Besure that you are cutting the wood and not letting the spinning blank burnish the edge of the tool. This will happen if you are below center by too much. The more you turn with the tool tipped down (as opposed to flat or slightly up) the quicker the cutting edge will go dull. my .02
Good luck.

[striperondafly]

Originally Posted by Charleston

Where is your tool rest set in relation to the horizontal centerline of the blank.
Besure that you are cutting the wood and not letting the spinning blank burnish the edge of the tool. This will happen if you are below center by too much. The more you turn with the tool tipped down (as opposed to flat or slightly up) the quicker the cutting edge will go dull. my .02
Good luck.

That is good to know - thanks Charelston!

[Charleston]

Originally Posted by striperondafly

That is good to know - thanks Charleston!

Here's a way to understand it better;
If you set the toolrest right at horizontal dead center on the round blank, as you look at it, the top half of the circumference is coming towards you and the bottom half is going away.
You can't cut something that is going away. The blank (wood) must be coming into the tool.
A slight incline into the cutting plane and your tools will last allot longer.