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Bowl Turning
bodrighywood:
I use a custom ground little skew to turn the tenon or mortice for mounting. Can't say I have used a parting tool on a bowl except to make decorative grooves for filling. I know some have used it to core a bowl, not tried that though.
Pete
Mark Hancock:
Having noted the above comments from Pete and Colin would anyone consider the Parting Tool an "essential tool for bowl turning"? That was the phrase that caught my eye and why I started this discussion.
I'd be interested in any viewpoints.
Sandy:
No Mark, i would never think of it as an essential tool for bowl turning.
Non-essential uses.
Think I've seen it used to quickly rough hollow out the middle of bowls, (but more often a stouter Beading and parting tool or Bedan was used). Could see me using a Beading and parting tool if I used scrapers and not gouges to turn a bowl, but again have never used this method either.
To part cff a small bowl, where it wouldn't involve too much of an overhang over the tool rest
I think quite a few turners might use a gouge to cut into the side grain then a skew to profile chucking points rather than a parting tool, again for reasons of too much overhang over the tool rest.
Otherwise, perhaps decorative as Pete suggested.
Each to their own as they say, but never could a parting tool be described as an "essential" bowl turning tool ... surely?
John Peachey:
Can't say I would consider it as a bowl turning tool.
Not being a particularly fast turner anyway, surely it would take an age, unless I'm missing a fast technique?
I have seen a parting tool used for coring, but I wonder how strong they are to take the constant strain of bowl turning, and have not been totally convinced about the safety of using it for coring.
John
Paul Hannaby:
I wouldn't say a parting tool played any part in bowl turning. I don't use parting tools or scrapers (apart from once in a blue moon!) for bowl turning apart from perhaps a shear scraper on the outside but more often that not, I use a gouge for that too.
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