Picked one of these up last night at a club garage sale. It only came with one tip (which had been reground according to the owner) and no instructions,
Trying it out today I learned it's good to get the ol A-Fib twitching!
Is the distance that the cutter sticks out from the holder dependent on what you are trying to do with it or is there a distance it should be set at and only moved when it gets shorter from sharpening?
If nothing else it is teaching me I need to get moving on a captured hollower system if I want to do a form. The instructions I did find mention it's for fairly small end grain and shallow bowls. As far as bowls what is the advantage of this over a regular gouge or regular scraper for that matter? The little cutter looks like a miniature scraper to me.
Trying it out today I learned it's good to get the ol A-Fib twitching!
Is the distance that the cutter sticks out from the holder dependent on what you are trying to do with it or is there a distance it should be set at and only moved when it gets shorter from sharpening?
If nothing else it is teaching me I need to get moving on a captured hollower system if I want to do a form. The instructions I did find mention it's for fairly small end grain and shallow bowls. As far as bowls what is the advantage of this over a regular gouge or regular scraper for that matter? The little cutter looks like a miniature scraper to me.