The other recent thread on negative rake scrapers seems focused on large scrapers, such as great for the inside of a bowl.
I wanted to add a note about small scrapers. I have been making and using small negative-rake scrapers for years. I use Doug Thompson's steel: round 3/8" rod, extra detail gouges, and 1/2" scraper stock. Here are a few:
I use them without handles, primarily on end grain for smoothing and detail, but also on face work such as detailing or cleaning up the detail in a foot. Good for a lot on things like box lids, inside and out, and even on spindles. Since they are so small they fit where other scrapers don't and allow detail work difficult with other tools. These make such a clean surface I would hate to be without them.
I also have a nice little round nose scraper made by Ashley Isles (given to me by another turner) that is only 1/8" wide but thick so it is very sturdy. Great for tiny cove detail. I've been thinking of grinding it with a negative rake to see how it handles.
http://www.ashleyilestoolstore.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_29_47&products_id=132
A little story. Once at John C Campbell I learned the multi-axis platter foot technique from prolific turner and really nice guy Frank Penta. I got out a little scraper I had ground from a Thompson detail gouge to clean up the bottom of my first platter and my good friend Mike Stafford at the lathe next to me went ballistic (gently, of course!). Seems he had been waiting for one of those for a while, they were backordered, and here I was grinding them into scrapers! Good fun.
JKJ
I wanted to add a note about small scrapers. I have been making and using small negative-rake scrapers for years. I use Doug Thompson's steel: round 3/8" rod, extra detail gouges, and 1/2" scraper stock. Here are a few:
I use them without handles, primarily on end grain for smoothing and detail, but also on face work such as detailing or cleaning up the detail in a foot. Good for a lot on things like box lids, inside and out, and even on spindles. Since they are so small they fit where other scrapers don't and allow detail work difficult with other tools. These make such a clean surface I would hate to be without them.
I also have a nice little round nose scraper made by Ashley Isles (given to me by another turner) that is only 1/8" wide but thick so it is very sturdy. Great for tiny cove detail. I've been thinking of grinding it with a negative rake to see how it handles.
http://www.ashleyilestoolstore.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_29_47&products_id=132
A little story. Once at John C Campbell I learned the multi-axis platter foot technique from prolific turner and really nice guy Frank Penta. I got out a little scraper I had ground from a Thompson detail gouge to clean up the bottom of my first platter and my good friend Mike Stafford at the lathe next to me went ballistic (gently, of course!). Seems he had been waiting for one of those for a while, they were backordered, and here I was grinding them into scrapers! Good fun.
JKJ
