3/4" Wide Negative Rake Curved Scraper Woodturning Scraper Wood Lathe Chisel

Description

Wood River Curved Side Cut
Negative Rake Scraper
Think of it as
"A Woodturners Cabinet Scraper"
Selling this 3/4" wide long handled Wood River HSS scraper chisel. It's a dual purpose curved negative rake
bowl
scraper with a 1.5” side cut. It can be used inboard or outboard applications. Both bevels are 40-degrees and in the center of the tool steel.
It’s an excellent scraper for general use touching up inside of bowls or outboard turnings
. It's M2 HSS
.
The cutting edge works best when the burr is used in the up position. Sharpen the scraper on either side for outboard or inboard turning. When turning with the scraper, make sure you use it with the burr in the up position.
The Burr cuts the cleanest, so
for best results
keep a good burr on the chisel when turning . I use a burnishing rod (
Arkansas hard ceramic stone
) to raise a burr several times before going back to the grinder.
You are bidding on and will get the chisel pictured.
Negative rake scrapers will cut the wood much cleaner than standard flat top scrapers, but will dull much faster. They are not a replacement for good tool technique. They are
not
a bulk wood removal tool. They’re a finesse tool used to clean up/touch up the interior or exterior of bowls or other turned projects by removing small micro lines, torn grain or making the final finishing or shaping cuts..
The scraper will cleanly cut very small amounts of wood leaving the surface ready for 180 to 220 grit sanding. They also work very well on plastics and acrylics cutting cleanly with a lot less chip-out. The scrapers also work very well on segmented
turnings
and stabilized materials.
Lastly, these negative rake scrapers don’t tend to get catches, very user friendly chisels. I personally have half a dozen of these types of chisels in different profiles in my own tool collection. Negative rake scraping is a technique dad and I learned from Stuart Batty. I’m told that it’s a very old technique that was used in the production of Ivory billiard balls in England.
A note on sharpening:
Use a good quality Aluminum Oxide wheel, H, I, J hardness on the grinder and keep it dressed and clean. A dirty wheel won't raise a good burr.
Please see the pictures for more information and condition as they are part of the description
A Note on Shipping Times:
I use the USPS for all my shipping. I’ve been checking the tracking on the items I’ve shipped and the USPS is taking twice as long for items to be delivered. The longest delay was 17 days for a 3-day priority mail package. Most are 6 to 8 days to complete the delivery. This is largely due to the carriers not scanning the packages when they pick them up. No scan, No tracking, slow delivery times.
Please be patient with the USPS.