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Claro walnut hollow form #2
5.5” x 5.5”; finished with shellac, abrasive paste, and buffed with brown Tripoli.

I have a handful of these 6” cubic blanks of claro, so am going to do a series of these hollow forms. Each will be slightly different, but recognizable as part of the same series. I wanted this one to have a more “inflated” look than the one I posted in April, so made it a bit more spherical and combined a smaller opening with a more pronounced neck. I used less shellac for this piece to let the pores show through, so decided to forego the white diamond buff.
Had never heard of those. Look like Hunter tools and accept Hunter carbides. Interesting.
Hollow Pro is Mike Jackofsky’s line of tools and are sold through Craft Supplies. The Rocket tool series is similar to Hunter’s Taper series. I’ve had good luck with them for smaller pieces, though find the cupped carbide to be more aggressive than the HSS tips. When the vessel gets wider / deeper than 5.5”, or when the walls get thinner than about 1/4”, I switch to John Jordan’s 3/8” HSS tools.
 
Replaceable tips with a set screw 👍🏻
Cool! Will place order for a tool and handle w arm brace. Have you tried that shear scraper he sells? And do you hand sharpen or use his jig? Looks good per the videos. Sorry for all the questions. Thanks for answering.
 
Cool! Will place order for a tool and handle w arm brace. Have you tried that shear scraper he sells? And do you hand sharpen or use his jig? Looks good per the videos. Sorry for all the questions. Thanks for answering.
I just use a swept back gouge for shear scraping; haven't tried that particular tool. I hand sharpen the bit, but I use a Tormek, so less chance of raw finger tips. If you’re on a typical grinder set up, they sell a jig for the HSS scrapers which I remember being fairly priced. Or you can just as easily do a few passes with a diamond sharpening card.
 

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