I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.

Thanks.

wrote in message ...

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

This is kind of low-tech, but how about using a bark spud and just peeling
it off by hand?

(a bark spud is kind of like a great big wood chisel with a long handle -
you push it down the log peeling up the bark)

Tom

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:06:07 AM UTC-5, tdacon wrote:
This is kind of low-tech, but how about using a bark spud and just peeling
it off by hand?

(a bark spud is kind of like a great big wood chisel with a long handle -
you push it down the log peeling up the bark)
Tom

Or a draw knife works well. A good quality knife keeps a sharp edge, also.

Sonny

In article
"tdacon" writes:
wrote in message ...

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

This is kind of low-tech, but how about using a bark spud and just peeling
it off by hand?

Another common method is to use a hatchet.
It probably depends on the size and shape of the piece.

(a bark spud is kind of like a great big wood chisel with a long handle -
you push it down the log peeling up the bark)

Tom



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On 10/21/2014 12:08 PM, Drew Lawson wrote:
In article
"tdacon" writes:
wrote in message ...

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

This is kind of low-tech, but how about using a bark spud and just peeling
it off by hand?

Another common method is to use a hatchet.
It probably depends on the size and shape of the piece.

(a bark spud is kind of like a great big wood chisel with a long handle -
you push it down the log peeling up the bark)

Tom



I've used a ******* file on some wood. It is the file that has hooks to
grab wood. I use it two-handed. Grind the wood with the center area.

Just remember with a tool of any type can grab something and pull in or
throw the tool out at you.

Martin

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:50:29 -0500, wrote:


I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.

Thanks.

I tried a hatchet once and also a wide chisel. Neither of which worked
well. Actually the chisel had to be driven thru the boundary of the
bark and wood.

I think I have see guys doing sculpture work on big logs using a right
angle grinder and some sort of blade but looked at Lowe's today and
they have nothing like that.

Time to do some Googling I guess.

Thaanks for the replies.

wrote:

I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.
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The following works on fiberglass, it would be my first stab at it.

A 4" Dia, Milwaukee right angle sander/grinder equipped with
a sanding disc attachment.

Remove the guard.

4" Dia, 24 grit x 7/8" ID sanding discs.

Don't waste your time with anything but Milwaukee.

I burned out everybody but Milwaukee.

Go to a good industrial hardware, definitely not a Lowes or HD item.

I bought discs in lots of 60 to get a price.

Wear a sanding mask.

Lew

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:57:07 -0500, wrote:

I think I have see guys doing sculpture work on big logs using a right
angle grinder and some sort of blade but looked at Lowe's today and
they have nothing like that.

Fits 4" or 4-1/2" grinder with 5/8" arbor:

http://www.harborfreight.com/22-toot...disc-7697.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HTtfthXLtc

wrote in message
...

I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.

Thanks.

Something like this would do the job
http://www.arbortechusa.com/view/woo...g/trade-blade/

or an arbortech Pro-4 perhaps.

"Lew Hodgett"
wrote in message wrote:

I am doing some turning as a beginner and find
that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool
dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a
green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some
sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.
----------------------------------------------------------
The following works on fiberglass, it would be
my first stab at it.

A 4" Dia, Milwaukee right angle sander/grinder
equipped with
a sanding disc attachment.

Remove the guard.

4" Dia, 24 grit x 7/8" ID sanding discs.

Don't waste your time with anything but
Milwaukee.


Metabo, best there is!



I burned out everybody but Milwaukee.

Go to a good industrial hardware, definitely not
a Lowes or HD item.

I bought discs in lots of 60 to get a price.

Wear a sanding mask.

Lew

In article ,
wrote:

I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.

Thanks.

I've turned a couple hundred bowls from green wood, and if the bark
isn't loose enough to peel off by hand, I turn it off. It's much quicker
and easier. It takes a lot less energy to sharpen a gouge than to get
the bark off. You might want to get David Ellsworth's video on his
signature gouge. He uses the gouge in a different way, that removes the
bark and shapes the bowl easier than the older methods

snips

I think I have seen guys doing sculpture work on big logs using a right
angle grinder and some sort of blade ...
Thanks for the replies.



http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/pag...at=1,130,43409




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Draw Knife

john

wrote in message ...


I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.

Thanks.

On 10/21/2014 11:17 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
wrote:

I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.
----------------------------------------------------------
The following works on fiberglass, it would be my first stab at it.

A 4" Dia, Milwaukee right angle sander/grinder equipped with
a sanding disc attachment.

Remove the guard.

4" Dia, 24 grit x 7/8" ID sanding discs.

Don't waste your time with anything but Milwaukee.

I burned out everybody but Milwaukee.

Go to a good industrial hardware, definitely not a Lowes or HD item.

I bought discs in lots of 60 to get a price.

Wear a sanding mask.

Lew



And isn't the way - from the top down to skin it off.

Lots of people start from the bottom and go up. Guess they figured
the cut off area was to start from.

Martin

On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:50:29 -0500, wrote:


I am doing some turning as a beginner and find that removing the bark
from a bowl blank to be time consuming and tool dulling.

I am looking for a way of removing bark on a green blank.

Am wondering if a right angle grinder with some sort of blade would
work but I can't find the right kind of blade.

Any ideas.

Thanks.

Thanks for the ideas. I will try some of them.

On 10/22/2014 8:55 AM, Spalted Walt wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:57:07 -0500, wrote:

I think I have see guys doing sculpture work on big logs using a right
angle grinder and some sort of blade but looked at Lowe's today and
they have nothing like that.

Fits 4" or 4-1/2" grinder with 5/8" arbor:

http://www.harborfreight.com/22-toot...disc-7697.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HTtfthXLtc


Yep, and that's made in the USA... so double bonus. The chineese version
costs more.

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Jeff

On 10/22/2014 6:28 PM, wrote:
snips

I think I have seen guys doing sculpture work on big logs using a right
angle grinder and some sort of blade ...
Thanks for the replies.



http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/pag...at=1,130,43409




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Same one as harbor freight but about $18 more at lee valley

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