Mini Bowls

[Stu in Tokyo]

If you remember, I roughed out a bunch of NE bowls and such from some wood I got from the local Shinto Shrine, well, I took a stab at finishing some today, to take to Canada with me..........




Not the best pics, sorry, but I'm pressed for time.

Turned out OK, I guess, just a basic wax finish, buffed.

Sure is fussy work getting into the bottom of these smaller bowls, even with the 3/8" bowl gouge

The first pic has a Zippo lighter in it to give you some scale.

Cheers!

 

[CHJ]

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Sure is fussy work getting into the bottom of these smaller bowls, even with the 3/8" bowl gouge....

It is awkward isn't it, even going down to 1/4 or smaller still does not overcome the basic problem of the tool shaft being too long and fouling the lip.

I resort to having a gouge with a steep bevel 60deg or higher, with a relief grind on the bottom of the bevel to give radial clearance, presented almost straight in.

Comes very close to having a sharp shear scraper.

 

[Stu in Tokyo]

Hi Chas!

Yep, a couple of 1/4" gouges are on my list of things to buy!

 

[Bodrighy]

I use an old carbon steel scraper ground to a round edge. One good sharpen at the beginning seems enough to do the job on small things like that.
Only time I have had problems was with some pine.....kindling

Pete

 

[Blister]

I was at a demo by Simon Hope on Wednesday , he used a home made negative rake round nose scraper to do inside a small box , came out mint , hardly needed sanding , I found this link to the subject

http://www.woodturnersofswmo.org/Newsle ... 0Page3.pdf

:wink:

 

[Stu in Tokyo]

Thanks for the info, I'll have to try that!

 

[Anonymous]

Wow! NRS... I've got one...

Had several variations for a year or two but didn't know they had a name :lol:

Personally I prefer the skewchy gouge type for minis :wink: