What tool do I need for this? Smoothing after hollowing bulk

[Tetsuaiga]

I need to make a bowl but not a round one like you'd make on a lathe. A little more like a tray.

My plan is to remove most of the material first with forstner bit at drill press.

Can anyone suggest what I should use next, the result after drilling should be like a stepped formation, deepest at center. So i need to take it from stepped to smooth surface. What's the best tool for this? Can be power tool or hand.

Suppose a gouge or mini convex plane would work?



Thanks.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Good luck with the mini convex plane!

 

[pcb1962]

I need to make a bowl but not a round one like you'd make on a lathe. A little more like a tray.

My plan is to remove most of the material first with forstner bit at drill press.

Can anyone suggest what I should use next, the result after drilling should be like a stepped formation, deepest at center. So i need to take it from stepped to smooth surface. What's the best tool for this? Can be power tool or hand.

Not sure I've understood exactly what you want to do but this might help - tray made with Forstner bit then cleaned up with router: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okwhl-yNKCU

 

[Mar_mite]

I don't know what they are called, but you can buy a rasp type thing that fits a 4" grinder.

This is one. Just found it.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003H0X ... ot_redir=1

 

[NickWelford]

You have a number of options. By hand with a gouge or scorp. Or power with one of these, http://www.baileysonline.com/Woodworkin ... r-Hole.axd
Or an arbortech. http://www.brimarc.com/category/Arbortech-794620.htm

 

[Tetsuaiga]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

The main difference from it being a tray is it won't have a flat inside surface. It's more like a bowl but it's not going to be perfectly round, more oval with quite steep edges.

 

[Silverbirch]

When browsing in WH Simiths recently, I noticed one of the woodworking magazines, (The Woodworker, I think), featured a project similar to what you are describing.
Might be worth checking out.

Ian

 

[Shrubby]

Arbortechs are quite fierce I would use chisels and gouges or sanding drums and bobbins on a dril/dremel
Matt

 

[tobytools]

Use an adze and a bent chisel for clean up

TT

 

[Racers]

This was done with a 24mm sow-back gouge.



And this was done with a couple of gouges.



If your tray is wide a sow-back gouge is needed to do the level section in the middle..

Pete

 

[dickm]

Arbortechs are quite fierce

+1 for that - too much like the end of a chainsaw a couple of inches from your fingers

 

[Tetsuaiga]

I think i'll go with the bent gouges and maybe follow up with some kind of flap sander/scraper or something like that.

Yesterday I found a small bent gouge and gave it a go quickly on some beech, it works much faster than I expected =).

The grinder attachment look a bit too messy and I work at home so the noise wouldn't be good.

Thanks again.

 

[RogerS]

Is this what you had in mind ?