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Finish cuts on some punky maple and figured myrtle

Good morning! :D

Robo,

I took a look at your technique for shear scraping with a gouge.

Gave it a try last night. Although I haven't been lacking in other ways to accomplish what this is capable of, this is something I can use when the appropriate time presents itself. Thanks.

ko
 
Reed,

There is always the concern that a non-expert turner is going to try to emulate your cuts with the spindle roughing gouge, continental roughing gouge, and the bevel riding scraper cut.
Hope they don't get seriously injured.

The average turner will safely get a very nice cut on the first blank by spritzing it with water to swell the fibers and then using a bowl gouge or detail gouge.

That is also a surface that often cleans up nicely with a back cut. Jimmy Clewes uses this on his square edge pieces.
This is done with side ground gouge almost level to the floor with the cutting edge in the shear scrape position the tool is pushed forward and the leading edge of the wing does the cutting.

Al
 
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