Good Day Everyone,
As I strive to learn to turn bowls, the next thing
I would like to try is bowls where the hollow inside is a little larger than the rim.
Sifting through the turning forum archives showed me many
projects with undercut rims.
I don't think I wanna undercut the rims proper...
where the wall is thinner than the rim,
just a gentle curve where the inside is wider than the rim.
Poking around in there with a radiused bowl scraper 1/2" thick
proved to be quite grabby...
and the end grain wants to tear-out.(more finese req'd?)
My unskilled hands cannot seem to get a bowl gouge around the corner?
I just wanna explore manually for now, and maybe a rig down the road...
Where do I start my homework?
What tools should I start shopping?
Would finer, closed grain wood better cooperate? (ex: not oak)
LV offers Kelton hollowers and undercutters.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...330,49232&ap=1
WoodCraft offers Mike Hunters carbide hollowing tools.
http://www.hunterwoodturningtool.com/index.html
I suspect part of the problem is alternating side grain/end grain on the spin?
And probably the spinning bowl pushed out of round during the cut?
And surely my lack of experience?
I don't know what I should do, nor how to do it!
Any insight appreciated,
see you in the sawdust,
Walt
ps Can anyone share a picture of a bowl like this so we are on the same page?