[crw-talk] Photos to start conversation

[Aaron Gesicki]

On hook tools -
Some of you remember...I'm the guy that assisted all who wanted one on Tool
Day, way back when.
The rough grinding, the forging/bending, the hardening, the sharpening, and
the tempering are all things that you/we can do in our shop PROVIDED you
start with O1 tool steel.
I'd be happy to revive this, since, as John can attest, nothing hollows out
end grain faster, better, cleaner than a sharp hook tool.
It has a learning curve, but it's fun learning. After all, it's just a
piece of wood.
There are caveats, of course:

   - Must be sharp [Duh]
   - Must be end grain! Disaster awaits if you try to use it on anything
   else [like the inside of a crossgrain bowl].

Stay safe, but stay busy.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:06 AM John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net>
wrote:

> Indeed, there is a bit of finesse required but not a lot. You are
> working on an open mouthed space, it tapers to large at the mouth.  They
> won't do hollow forms, you can't get the cutter in at the right angle
> for a cut.  They have to be really sharp.  You can kind of cut with a
> kind of dull gouge but not with the hook.  Most of us love a really nice
> trail of shavings flying off the tool, and the hook tool gives that.
> When it is cutting well, the shavings are long and thick so wouldn't
> blow out of a small hole with compressed air either.
>
> I would volunteer to do a club demo when it is safe for us to meet.
> (Board members, are you listening?)
>
> The hook tool making demo was before my time.  My efforts to build one
> failed, should have annealed the steel after hardening, so I bought one
> on line and built a shaft and handle to mount it.
>
> On 10/19/2020 2:29 PM, Robert Patros wrote:
> > I remember making a hook tool at one of our meetings. It took a bit of
> finesse to get a good cut.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Oct 19, 2020, at 1:48 PM, John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Members, I am sending a few photos of a yarn bowl I recently made of a
> cherry log.  It is about 6" diameter at the top and perhaps 6" tall.  I
> turned it in spindle orientation and hollowed mostly with a hook tool, then
> finished up with a negative rake scraper. Cut the "J" shaped hole for yarn
> with a Forstner bit in a hand drill and a saber saw then finished with
> spray-on Polycrylic brand finish.  I am going to TRY to send a seperate
> brief video of me using the hook tool to make a walnut yarn bowl that is
> currently in the process of finish application.
> >>
> >> Please discuss and share your comments with everyone.  Thanks, John
> >>
> >> <IMG_4144.jpg>
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*Aaron Gesicki*

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