"Arch" wrote in message
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To continue our thoughts on _sanding.

I occasionally cut-shear-scrape-rip-tear- and worse using a shallow 1"
gouge with the bevel ground on the flute. The wings upside down on the
toolrest and the cut a little high up on the blank with the toolrest
close up. Stable and the edge is automatically angled for (excuse the
expression) shear-scraping. The cutting point is narrow as the two
convex curves touch. Your further thoughts?

George, You might be a shear scraper if......


Sounds like Joaz's (Python) in-cannel method. He claims good results. No
turned burrs, but, as I said, any edge can scrape.

Like a lot of "tips" along the way, this one answers a problem I don't have.
I'd rather cut across the fibers than scrape.

BTW, as of this morning I too am the owner, though not yet the possessor, of
a (used) Nova 3000. Have to wait for my wife to go to a conference in March
and pick it up at her sister's. Gives slower start and greater swing than
Ol' Blue, but I'm not likely to pass him along any time soon. Hope to turn
some of the larger pieces of wood on him that I've got lying outside frozen
right now.

Router Workshop's over, and I've got some display shelves to finish. Almost
a shame, speaking of sanding, to have to sand them after running the plane
over the surfaces, but the routed edges need work, so in the interest of
consistency, everything will get two grits prior to shellac.