I just tried turning a vase in, what I believe, to be birch. I turned it with the grain parallel with the bed. I had an enormous amount of tearout. Even with very freshly sharpened tools. The wood was semi-green, so I didn't really expect the problems I had.
I used an forstner bit to hog out the middle and an Easy Woods scraper to do the rest. Again, I was really surprised my the amount of tear out I had.
On the outside, I could use a skew and a round nose scraper to get a decent cut. On the inside, I never found the right tool to get a smooth cut.
The is vase is about 12" or so deep, with a 2.5" opening. For the life of me, I can't figure out a way to clean up the inside. I tried attaching some sandpaper to a stick, but I could never get any real pressure on it to remove any material. Obviously, I can't get my hand down in there.
What do you folks use when the material is fighting you and you can't use your hands? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I used an forstner bit to hog out the middle and an Easy Woods scraper to do the rest. Again, I was really surprised my the amount of tear out I had.
On the outside, I could use a skew and a round nose scraper to get a decent cut. On the inside, I never found the right tool to get a smooth cut.
The is vase is about 12" or so deep, with a 2.5" opening. For the life of me, I can't figure out a way to clean up the inside. I tried attaching some sandpaper to a stick, but I could never get any real pressure on it to remove any material. Obviously, I can't get my hand down in there.
What do you folks use when the material is fighting you and you can't use your hands? Any help would be greatly appreciated.