<div dir="ltr">On hook tools - <div>Some of you remember...I'm the guy that assisted all who wanted one on Tool Day, way back when. </div><div>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. </div><div>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.</div><div>It has a learning curve, but it's fun learning. After all, it's just a piece of wood. </div><div>There are caveats, of course:</div><div><ul><li>Must be sharp [Duh]</li><li>Must be end grain! Disaster awaits if you try to use it on anything else [like the inside of a crossgrain bowl].</li></ul><div>Stay safe, but stay busy. </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:06 AM John & Donna Griffiths <<a href="mailto:griff@mwt.net">griff@mwt.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Indeed, there is a bit of finesse required but not a lot. You are <br>
working on an open mouthed space, it tapers to large at the mouth. They <br>
won't do hollow forms, you can't get the cutter in at the right angle <br>
for a cut. They have to be really sharp. You can kind of cut with a <br>
kind of dull gouge but not with the hook. Most of us love a really nice <br>
trail of shavings flying off the tool, and the hook tool gives that. <br>
When it is cutting well, the shavings are long and thick so wouldn't <br>
blow out of a small hole with compressed air either.<br>
<br>
I would volunteer to do a club demo when it is safe for us to meet. <br>
(Board members, are you listening?)<br>
<br>
The hook tool making demo was before my time. My efforts to build one <br>
failed, should have annealed the steel after hardening, so I bought one <br>
on line and built a shaft and handle to mount it.<br>
<br>
On 10/19/2020 2:29 PM, Robert Patros wrote:<br>
> I remember making a hook tool at one of our meetings. It took a bit of finesse to get a good cut.<br>
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> Sent from my iPhone<br>
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>> On Oct 19, 2020, at 1:48 PM, John & Donna Griffiths <<a href="mailto:griff@mwt.net" target="_blank">griff@mwt.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
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>> Please discuss and share your comments with everyone. Thanks, John<br>
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