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Parnell:
Perhaps you want to try skewing your flakes on that concave side?  Get your platform prepped real good then run flakes about 45* so they run more along the those humps then go from there?  Just a thought...keep at it!

jeffp51:
I have also found that short flakes are often a result of having my platforms too high.  get them below the centerline before trying to run a flake--once the concavity is not an issue--I was looking more at the convex side.

Chippintuff:
All good advice. In the last photo the flakes ran about half as far as they should. To correct that, pull the edge toward the face we are looking at, then direct the force along the surface more rather than perpendicular to the surface. It works best for me to flatten the concave wide first. It is also better to get that concavity out before you get too far along. Just pick up any broken bottle glass and practice on working the concavity out for a while before trying to complete a point.

WA

Redhand:
Ya I just seen that outbackbob I was meaning to type concavity this technology with its auto correction. Guess I should read before I post. Lol good catch

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