bowl turning thread

[TheHungrySquirrel]

These guys are all done and ready to hit my store tonight.

[Lazurus]

Busy Bee!

[mickdundee]

Managed to finish another bowl this weekend. It's a piece of what seventhdevil believes is tulip wood. Less tool in marks and I'm happier with the bottom of the inside than on my first one but still getting tearing. I also think the foot is too big

[mickdundee]

Still only get one image per post for some reason

[mickdundee]

Last one

[njmusk]

We have a Man Shed starting up in the village and someone is teaching woodturning, so as soon as this holiday period is over I am going down for a refresher session. I would like to get better so that I can enter the wood class at some local village flower shows.

[Lazurus]

Try sheer scraping on the outside to remove any tool marks and or torn grain, I use a swept back gouge for this but there are many other ways, just very gently to remove the finest of shavings, if done correctly it is actually a cut as opposed to a scrape as the description suggest, scraping will always leave an inferior finish to a cut.

 

Stu

[mickdundee]

I used a round scraper to finish. Is a shear scrape a different technique. I'll look into it on YouTube

[Lazurus]

I used a round scraper to finish. Is a shear scrape a different technique. I'll look into it on YouTube

 

Yes it is scraping at an angle of 45 degrees to the axis of the lathe, it then gives a fine peeling cut which severs the fibres of the wood leaving a very fine finish which needs minimal if any sanding. Lyle JAMIESON on You Tube give a good description and demonstration in one of his videos. It is a very very fine "cut" well worth getting the hang of. Make sure you have a new sharp burr on what ever tool you use.

[se7enthdevil]

come on mick get your butt back round here and we can play about on the lathe all day to work out any problems you are having turning.