I admit that I know enough about turning to be dangerous. I crank up my lathe about once every 3 months. Not enough to stay in practice.
I've been playing with a bowl I roughed out about a year ago. After throwing out of the lathe twice and glueing it back together it became a practice piece. I had the curve of the sides looking nice but it had those unseemly little ridges I always get from lack of practice with my bowl gouge and skew chisel.
Time for the ol' 80 grit gouge!:gar-Bi
But wait, this is a practice piece, let's try something different! The curve of the bowl is fairly gentle so I grabbed one of my trusty card scrappers. Moved the tool rest out of the way, slowed the lathe to the lowest speed and made a pass with the card scrapper. Sort of like making a light shearing cut with a skew chisel.
It faired the curve and left a very smooth finish! Has anyone heard of doing this or am I completely out in left field?
Rick Doby
I've been playing with a bowl I roughed out about a year ago. After throwing out of the lathe twice and glueing it back together it became a practice piece. I had the curve of the sides looking nice but it had those unseemly little ridges I always get from lack of practice with my bowl gouge and skew chisel.
Time for the ol' 80 grit gouge!:gar-Bi
But wait, this is a practice piece, let's try something different! The curve of the bowl is fairly gentle so I grabbed one of my trusty card scrappers. Moved the tool rest out of the way, slowed the lathe to the lowest speed and made a pass with the card scrapper. Sort of like making a light shearing cut with a skew chisel.
It faired the curve and left a very smooth finish! Has anyone heard of doing this or am I completely out in left field?
Rick Doby