mike marconi
10-26-2010, 3:36 PM
I used to do little turning. Sold the lathe some years back, but kept the turning tools just incase I wanted to pick it back up in the future. Well when Woodcraft put the Nova lathes on sale I decided now is the time, went out and bought one.
What has really caught my interest is segmented turning. I for-see myself mostly doing platters and bowls, maybe hollow forms but not for a while. I have the following tool, all Henry Taylor or Sorby;
3/8 spindle gouge
3/8 bowl gouge, Irish grind
1/2 traditional bowl gouge
3/4 roughing gouge
parting tool
1/2 skew
Since I would like to do segmented platters and bowls my thinking is that some scrapers might be helpful. I was thinking of buying a left hand and right hand bowl scraper and possibly a 1/2" round scraper.
My questions;
1. Are these scrapers neccessary/helpful for the type of turning I want to do?
2. Are there other tools that you think would be more effective/neccessary than the scrapers?
3. Could these scrapers be replaced by 1 tool like an Easy Wood Tools (Easy Finisher) or a Hunter like tool?.
Thanks for the advise
Mike
What has really caught my interest is segmented turning. I for-see myself mostly doing platters and bowls, maybe hollow forms but not for a while. I have the following tool, all Henry Taylor or Sorby;
3/8 spindle gouge
3/8 bowl gouge, Irish grind
1/2 traditional bowl gouge
3/4 roughing gouge
parting tool
1/2 skew
Since I would like to do segmented platters and bowls my thinking is that some scrapers might be helpful. I was thinking of buying a left hand and right hand bowl scraper and possibly a 1/2" round scraper.
My questions;
1. Are these scrapers neccessary/helpful for the type of turning I want to do?
2. Are there other tools that you think would be more effective/neccessary than the scrapers?
3. Could these scrapers be replaced by 1 tool like an Easy Wood Tools (Easy Finisher) or a Hunter like tool?.
Thanks for the advise
Mike