Wood Turning a Bowl: Scraper

Video Transcript

"OK, my big dome scraper here is going to be really the tool I want for going in here. But I want to readjust this tool rest. On the bowl gouger, it didn't matter so much that I readjusted because most of the time I was rubbing over here and I couldn't get much advantage by readjusting it. But on my bowl scraper, I'm going to come in and I'm going to adjust it. Again, make sure every thing is clear. That's good. Now this tool, the scraper works very well on flat grain, down in this area where the grain is all the same but if I come over in to the side grain here, over here I've got very long grain, and here I've got in grain, short grain. In other words, I've got hard soft and that causes havoc with the scraper. You will get a lot more tear out and even catching on soft grains. So you want very consistent grains. So with my scraper I'm going to go from here to about there as far as blending them together. Make sure everything is clear again. Always start at the center and work out. I want to touch it where it's going the slowest and then work it out. Also notice my hand is going to be able to pull that right along the tool rest. Working in the center. That's the farthest up the side I dare come. So I had to do a good job with my gouge here. I've blended it together with my big scraper here. I want you to take a look back here and I want you to notice something. The scraper is working at a little bit of a angle. When our bowl gouges were turning we were like this. If we do that with the scraper we are going to be in trouble. We want the handle to be a little bit pointed down so if it catches this edge will fall free of the wood. If it's like this, it's going to dig in and then fall free so I'm going to keep it with the handle up. Now there's the steering end up a little bit and that's where I get the control. You also see my hands nice and braced on here so I can move then and then a nice light touch. The scrapers I'm using just for a nice light finishing cut in the bottom of the bowl. I'm think we're ready to go ahead and sand."