I'm looking for suggestions for the best tool for hard-wood, face-grain hollow forms, or bowls with undercut rims.
Thanks for your responses.
I'm looking for suggestions for the best tool for hard-wood, face-grain hollow forms, or bowls with undercut rims.
Thanks for your responses.
homemade oland tool. or a thompsons bowl gouge. or if it is really really really hard, like dry locust, i have a diamond tipped homemade tool. but that is only if it is rally hard because you can only make an 1/8 wide cut per pass
14x48 custom 2hp 9gear lathe
9 inch pre 1940 craftsman lathe
36 inch 1914 Sydney bandsaw (BEAST)
Wood in every shelf and nook and cranny,,, seriously too much wood!
John, On side or face grain with the length of the grain 90 degrees to the spindle, it is hard to beat a bowl gouge of some sort. For making an under cut a scraper of some sort if it is too deep to do with the gouge. If it is end grain I use my own drill bit creation and change to a scraper or HSS tool bit for the undercut. A nice sharp scraper will do most all of it also, just ask Robbo Hippie, he loves to do a lot with a scraper.
Jeff
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Jeff, you can go deeper with a gouge of the right size than you can with a same sized scraper. all of my hollowform peices are done using only a bowl gouge
14x48 custom 2hp 9gear lathe
9 inch pre 1940 craftsman lathe
36 inch 1914 Sydney bandsaw (BEAST)
Wood in every shelf and nook and cranny,,, seriously too much wood!
I prefer gouges when the amount of opening/undercut will allow ... and the rest of the time I will still do what I can reach with the gouge. The deeper undercuts will require something else, usually some form of scraper on a hook tool or similar. Every piece is different.
I like my hunter tools. They do a good job undercutting and if you ride the bevel you can get a smooth finish.
Bernie
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