Hollowing tool question

[Darrin]

Yesterday, I made my 1st endgrain hollowform. Nothing fancy, a Goblet with 3 rings. I used a oneway termite to achieve this, had 1-2 catches but other than that ok. My question is, with your experience with hollowing tools, is the termite a good one to start out with?? It seems like the catch was quite nasty the one I had and wondered if there were better tools out there. I got the jist of it fine, just wondered about my other options. I plan on turning more forms as I would really like to make urns and the like. Thanks in advance
Darrin

 

[john lucas]

I started hollowing goblets using my round nose scraper and then graduated to using my bowl gouge with the flute pointing to the left. I've tried spindle gouges, ring tools (the termite and some homemade ones) Hook tools and the Hunter tool. If I only had one tool I would use the bowl gouge. The hook tools and ring tools take some getting practice to not get catches. The carbide tools like the Hunter require a little less practice than ring tools but still take a little skill.
Now I use a combination. I rough out the shapes to final dimensions with the bowl gouge and then do a final pass with the Hunter tool. I use the #4 for goblets. I like the finish I get off the Hunter tools but find it not as fast at hollowing as the bowl gouge which is why I use it first.

 

[hughie]

Darrin have a read of this post on another forum. The discussion may give you some pointers.
Also have a look at my other post on my favourite hollower as well



http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=48021


hope this helps