I have tried bowl gouges. While I can them to cut I find it simpler
and easier to use a round nose scraper. I get long thin shavings with
the scraper. I spend much more time designing and making the blanks
than in turning so speed is not a factor. When the bowl is finished I
don't think even a wood turner would know how it was done. I am still
wondering if the carbide tipped tools work more like a scraper or a
skew.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:10:05 -0700, Mac Davis
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:29:12 -0600, Ray wrote:

Buy a couple of cheap bowl gouges and master them, then go to carbide,
such as the WoodChuck Bowlpro...
I'm assuming that you're attempting humor about the scraper and
sanding whatever, since you don't use either on a bowl until it's
shaped, hollowed and ready to sand...



I have been doing turning for less than 2 years. So far I have
mastered the scraper and the sanding block. Lately I have been doing
bowls. I have watched some of the utube videos on the carbide tipped
tools. Some indicate that they act like a scraper, others like a
skew. Which is more accurate? I see how a round bar can angled to
skew. A square bar would seem to work like a scrapper. They seem to
vary quite a bit in price. Captain Eddy of Big Guys Productions has a
14" x 1/2" square bar with 4 tips for $45. Seems like a deal. Or
will I regret it and wish I had spent more? I am still pretty much a
thrifty novice. Some of my bowls are shown he

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