Woodturner--Les Roberts The Pen Turners Corner A Terrible Tool ...

Continued from Previous Page.Area 5 had Keith Burns doing an ongoing demonstrationwith the Hollow Roller system. Here is a photoof the hollow roller system.This is Joe Wagner’s point tool for doing finegrooves or trimming away portions of texturing.This is the hollow roller system for hollowing. Theroller assembly is mounted in the lathe’s tool postlocation and another tool rest is used to supportthe tool.Area 7 had Alan Harm doing an ongoing demonstrationof Shear Scraping Techniques. I took a coupleof photos of him using the tool and of the business endof the tool.Joe also introduced the Robert Sorby texturingtool which can be used on both endgrain and sidegrain.Here is another textured piece.This is a close up shot of Alan Harm doing shearscraping on the outside of a bowl. The cutter isapplied at a 45 degree angle and there is a flat sideof the tool which rides on the tool rest to assurethe correct angle is applied to shear scrape.Page 32 More Woodturning July 2012