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I have been doing a lot of looking at bowl scrapers, specifically Inboard scraper (as Robert Sorby calls it). I have actually purchased the Robert Sorby Inboard Scraper (8008LH) from Klingspor for $89 which I thought was a good deal but turns out, it is on backorder until NEXT...
Found this scraper at an estate sale. The tip is brazed on and about and about an inch wide , slightly less than 3/8 thick. The cut back area from the tip is 4 inches long. Now my question is was this some sort of test or independent manufactured item.
Not sure if this is the correct forum section but here goes. Got three pieces of HSS a while back. Discovered them hiding on the top shelf in the shop. One is going to be a bedan tool. I was thinking the other two could be ground to RH and LH scrapers similar to those used for bowl interiors. I...
I have the scrapers listed below, am thinking I'd like to re-shape one or two for specific tasks. Will be turning small bowls, and lidded boxes. What will be the high-priority, most useful shapes I could have to start with? One that I'm interested in is shown briefly by Carl Jacobson in this...
I've been turning some bone dry cherry bowls that I turned green and set aside about 2 years ago. I'm getting an ungoddly amount of tearout and have been reading here for solutions. While my tool technique is not expert, I think I can pretty well hold my own as an intermediate/advanced turner...
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