#1 Hunter Tapered Shoulder Tool: review by Sam Angelo
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Sam shows the capabilities of a sweet little hollowing tool, the Hunter Tapered Shoulder tool. With a cut-a-way view of a small hollow form he shows the tool at work inside the vessel.
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I really like every Hunter tool that I own and tried. Excellent tools
Great review Sam, Cheers Harry
+The Little Garden Shed Workshop
I hope it is starting to warn up in the garden shed. We hardly had a winter at all. Cheers, Sam
Thanks Sam. Those holes give some great learning shots. JimE
Sam ... Thanks for another informative video. I'm not a big fan of carbide tools, but they do have their uses and the Hunter cutters are (IMHO) among the best. Our club even stocks the Hunter cutters in the club store!
+Gerald Jensen i'll second that......i own a couple carbide tools, one has become a "roughing" tool, when i'm dealing with bark or working a bowl down to round.... The other is supposed to be a "finisher"...but i find my old-fashioned flat bar, round-nosed scraper does as good if not better that the carbide one will.....
+Tim Hyatt
Tim, I could not have said it better. Sam
I think the angled plane of the cutter to produce a gentler cut is perfect, I find holding a swan neck tool at an angle inside a spinning form to get the same effect is the most scary thing I've done to date. But that is just little scared me... :)
One question though, why didn't you take the tool rest closer to the lip of the form when truing up the bottom with the straighten tool? you've got an inch of clearance there that could have improved your control greatly, or am I missing something?
Great review Sam, and thank you for sharing!!
+Yuval Lahav Woodturning
No, I probably just forgot to move the tool rest, or I didn't notice. I usually am going too fast. But the swan neck took was hard to control. And it is a really small tool. Sam
Hi Sam I have one Hunter tool, the one with the golf club handle. I think I don't change the cutter often enough. I also have one of the small Easy Wood curved shaft cutters. I can't remember if it's the 1 or 2. From watching you do that, fighting the torque, I think the Easy wood, which has a flat metal shaft, hence helping against torque, might be a better design. They don't, however, have the curved Hunter cutter. Don't know if the Hunter cutter will fit the Easy Wood tool. What do you think??
+Daniel Moerman
Not sure if the Hunter will fit the Easy tool. Too many choices Huh?
I think the angle on this Hunter cutter is fine and works well in the right spot. Too far down the side of the vessel, the cutting edge doesn't make contact and doesn't cut unless you rotate the tool handle. Sam
+WYOMINGWOODTURNER Indeed. Carbide everywhere. I now have 2 of those plastic boxes with adjustable cells for holding spare cutters. Then again, there is one of them which is truly sweet. The Easy Woods parting tool is really something. The carbide cutter is tapered so that it's a tiny bit (half mm?) wider than the shaft of the tool. With a little practice, it's like a hot knife thru butter.
Very useful information. Your video setup and skills are very creative.
+James Fontaine
Thanks, I worked hard on the video part. I had to re film several clips to get it right. Thanks for that comment. Sam
Great video Sam
Very good way to show the tools capability, thanks for sharing.
Great video. Is it possible to sharpen that kind of insert like you can the others using a diamond stone.
good vid Sam, I have a question tho I have dealt with carbide for years 'not wood turning tho' and it just doesn't seem to get the edge that steel can do think that is part of the control problem with both the shoulder and straight tool , or, do you think it is more the attack angle of the carbide the way the they have seated them at the angles they did. The shoulder tool, at least to me, looks like the cutting angle just gets ,shall we say, too oblique to cut when you gets further down the wall. Then the straight tool when your hit the bottom directly , or it looked like, was actually connecting at an angle very similar to a negative rake scraper? Just observations since I haven't used the tools my self .
+dennis buckner
I totally agree. I don't love carbide tools. Inside a hollow form, you must use scrapers. I like steel tips on hollow form cutters cause I can control them easier. But yes, this little tool is good just inside the opening and then doesn't work well when you get farther down the vessel. But I believe there is nothing better than a proper cutting tool. It cuts and scrapers scrape. At least steel scrapers can have a burr on them which makes them more of a cutter. Sam
A very effective tool Sam, and well demonstrated and explained. A lovely looking piece too.
Cheers
Mike
+Mike Waldt
Thanks Mike. It is getting close to your turning symposium. Are you all ready? Wish I could be there. Sam
+WYOMINGWOODTURNER
Things are moving along really well thanks for asking Sam....10 weeks and counting!!
Cheers
Mike
Nice video, Sam.
You have the tool very well explained and through the 4 holes in the workpiece. Could you look like the "Hunter Shoulder tool" works.
Thanks Sam for yet another great little video! I'm currently playing with smaller hollow forms and micro hollow forms sooo this video is spot on! Thanks again and safe turning to you!
Try a Rolly Munro tools for back hollow work its the best there is
+Richard Holt
Thanks for the recommendation. I have too many hollowing tools now. I am sure Rolly's tools are top notch.
Sam
Great demonstration, Sam. How does Mike "Czechowski" spell his name?
It is spelled Jackofsky. I had to look it up. Sam
Oh and here is his web site www.mikejackofsky.com
Ingenious way to show what's going on inside.
+John Conklin
Thanks Sam
Good demo Sam. The spy holes really worked!
Tom
Great video Very helpful
Thanks Sam, Great video, especially for a woodturning novice like me.
I've haven't attempted hollow-froms yet, but you video gives me an insight into this.
+Leari Tee
Easy......and you don't have to sand the inside, YEAAAAA
Good camera work ~ well done
Brilliant photography! Good demo for sure. We had a spring thunderstorm here in Kentucky and two of my mothers BIG Bradford pear trees blew over. I felt so sorry for my mom but I have a lot of pear wood to turn yay! I have nerve damage in my neck so I can't pull start anything and I think chainsaws are the hardest to start for me. I just can't do that anymore. I had to go buy an electric chainsaw and it did a great job. Really impressed. I bought the homelite 16 inch for 75 dollars from Home Depot. The guys who cut the rest of the trees up and hauled them off had battery power saws. I could not believe my eyes. They did an awesome job with long battery life. Think they were 56 volt Kobalt brand. Thanks Sam
+Tom Wilcox
Bitch to get old (talking about me) I had cervical spine surgery 5 years ago. Metal plate and fused vertebrae, no fun. So I know what you are dealing with. My best wishes to you. Sam
Do you remember Don Shingleton or Gene Boettler?
+wood
Well, that was long time ago. How about Boettler Road? Did i dream that. Are you from the metropolis of Green? I don't remember Don. But Gene Boettler sounds familiar. Sam
WYOMINGWOODTURNER
Both were shop teacher at Green for many many years. And Boetler road was named for Gene. Just thought you might remember them. Like your videos.