Woodturning tips to add to your joy
in woodturning. (page 6)
Tips from the Dollar Stores (3). Got a good one? Let us know.
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Special Scrapers Here are a couple of those chisels ground as scrapers. I just knock off the bevel with a grinder and put a new one in place. The left scraper is for bowl interiors and the right one for inside boxes or bowls for the transition from side to bottom. |
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Make a Set of Shear Scrapers I have taken a couple of 3/4" chisels and ground them into shear scrapers for the exterior of shapes. One is left and one is right, I am not sure which is which but they are opposite as you can see in the close up. I made these to try them after listening to a JOhn Jordan video. The intention was to redo them in HSS if I liked them, but these work well so why upset things? |
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Cleaning Stuff I got my broom and such at the dollar store and this big dustpan and bench brush are great to have around when the chips fly. |
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Metal Brushes I like small metal brushes for lots of parts cleaning things and once in a blue moon even some texturing. The brass ones are great for brushing out a sand paper disk when sanding wet wood. |
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Magnetic pickup Not only is this extendible magnetic pick up a great help when screws and stuff fall into the shavings, but it also makes a great depth guage for bowls and vases. |
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