I am a newbie. Working on a first, rather overly ambitious bowl, but having fun. The bowl is a hollow form. Opening about 1.5inches. Have the exterior done, have the interior hollowed without blowing up yet. But....although most of the interior has a decent surface to it, one area where there is a transition from sap wood to heart wood has alot of grain tearing. Only one area however. The opposite transition area is fine. And, I can't seem to fix that.
I used an Ellsworth gouge to rough out the interior. No problems. All smooth at that time. I have tried using a Crown swan neck Beaver Tool for the remaining hollowing, but that is where I started seeing the tearing. I tried a round edged scraper, quite sharp, but am still tearing in that one spot. I ngdid find a posting here that describes some positioning for using a scraper inside a bowl. Next time I am on the lathe I will check my scaper use against that and see what happens.
Any thoughts?
I assume I am doing something very wrong with the Crown tool since it should be cutting, not tearing. It is quite sharp. I have had trouble with it clogging no matter what I do as well. I have tried opening the guard on it wide, closing it really small, and amounts in between. Have tried all that with light pressure, modest pressure and heavy pressure. I have tried running the tool high on the inside, low, and in the center line. Get the same result each time. Tearing in that one area, and constant, very fast clogging. I am obviously missing a technique here since people would despise this tool if this is how it actually behaves when it is used properly.
Thanks for all the help folks. Have enjoyed lurking about the forums and been waiting for a chance to ask a question. This seemed like a good one.
I used an Ellsworth gouge to rough out the interior. No problems. All smooth at that time. I have tried using a Crown swan neck Beaver Tool for the remaining hollowing, but that is where I started seeing the tearing. I tried a round edged scraper, quite sharp, but am still tearing in that one spot. I ngdid find a posting here that describes some positioning for using a scraper inside a bowl. Next time I am on the lathe I will check my scaper use against that and see what happens.
Any thoughts?
I assume I am doing something very wrong with the Crown tool since it should be cutting, not tearing. It is quite sharp. I have had trouble with it clogging no matter what I do as well. I have tried opening the guard on it wide, closing it really small, and amounts in between. Have tried all that with light pressure, modest pressure and heavy pressure. I have tried running the tool high on the inside, low, and in the center line. Get the same result each time. Tearing in that one area, and constant, very fast clogging. I am obviously missing a technique here since people would despise this tool if this is how it actually behaves when it is used properly.
Thanks for all the help folks. Have enjoyed lurking about the forums and been waiting for a chance to ask a question. This seemed like a good one.
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