"mac davis" wrote in message
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It's getting through the end grain that is a PITA for me with a bowl
gouge,
especially after the initial inch or two of depth.....
I hadn't considered the fact that it might also replace or reduce the use
of
scrapers...


Pointy gouge. Or, if you look to Darryl's site, you'll see almost the same
in use as an Oland tool.

Plunge, roll and either push outside in or pull inside out. As long as
it's a fairly open form - I'm doing ornaments with a 5/8 entry and a 1/4
gouge right now - it'll do a great job hollowing endgrain. The degree of
aggression can be easily varied by the amount of bevel you allow in contact
with the side.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...e/725a28f2.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...e/5fa71f2e.jpg

Then you can scrape the bottom or cut with the termite. I have also used a
round washer-type scraper mounted at 45 degrees on a square shank - think it
was a Sorby. Might want to look at it as perhaps a less-expensive
alternative. A couple variants available, including one which looks like a
metal lathe cutting tool with a channel around the edge to curl and clear
the shaving. It will give you the same effect as "shear scraping" with the
termite, which is what Leo is describing, where the shaving does not go
through the hole.

Had you considered one of the hollowing devices with the shaving limiters?
They control the problem of jamming and to a degree, grabbing, by limiting
the thickness and controlling the direction of the shaving. Sort of like a
mini spokeshave on a stick. Don makes and sells, one, as he says, and then
there's the down under guy who pops in now and again to draw the ire of the
foul-mouthed paranoid. Pro Forme, I believe is his brand.