Hollowing Tools

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Sean Troy

>Check out www.woodturningtools.net I use most of these tools and am very happy with them. Good luck, Sean


http://www.woodturningtools.net

For hollowing tool review, *LINK*

David Chung

>Go to Fred Holder's site: http://www.fholder.com/ and click on Lyn Mangiameli's articles. He has the most definitive review of practically every hollowing tool ever made;-) The past statement was just a slight exaggeration. You have to read it to beiieve it.

On another note, during a recent Rolly Munro demo, he used his hollowing tool for everything including roughing the blank. For shallow hollowing up to 8-9 inches in depth, be sure to check out Don Derry's hollower with an attached laser pen to gauge wall thickness.

David Chung

Kaneohe, HI


http://www.fholder.com/

Re: For hollowing tool review,

Jack Dolan

>Thanks for the hollowing tool info. Jack Dolan

Re: For hollowing tool review,

Joe Millsap

>I have been using a Stewart hook tool for about 10 years and it is about the only tool that I use for hollowing. I sometimes use a hook tool that I make for myself. I find that the Stewart tool is about the best that I have tried.

Joe

Re: For hollowing tool review,

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>The first of four installments of the new comprehensive opinionated survey of hollowing tools just came out in More Woodturning, but I don't think Fred has had time to post it on the website yet (the old one is still at the More Woodturning site). It's also made more complicated as I've been driving Fred nuts with continuing revisions as yet another tool emerges or comes into my possession, so the website version will actually be an updated one from the one that made it into print.

The installements will basically be four: Fullsize Freehand hollowing tools; Small scale hollowing tools, Restrained Systems, and Hollowing accessories like steady rests and tool rests and lights. The remainder should come out one after another in each successive issue of More Woodturning (and then be followed by the web version).

David is in possession of one of the early complete drafts, and has been most helpful providing me with reports of his tool experiences.

Re: Hollowing Tools

Brad Vietje

>Jack,

I'd recommend going to a symposium or local club meeting, and seeing some live demos of hollow form turning by a few different turners, to get a real feel for these tools and how they are used. David Ellsworth's videos and the hollow form video by John Jordan are other good sources of information. Different turners favor different approaches, and I recommend doing a little homework as far as turning methods, which may narrow down your tooling options.

I do a lot of hollow forms, but I made the mistake of researching tools (and the methods that go with them) by "buying and trying", which can run into some real money before long ...

Safe spinning,

Brad Vietje

Thetford, VT

Re: Hollowing Tools

Joe Fleming

>Jack,

You can listen to all of us on the internet pontificate on which tool is best. We might even get around to explaining why. Most of our experiences tend to be with one or two tools, so our experinces are skewed.

Brad is correct. Hollowing tool systems are easily approaching $100 or better per purchase, even for the smaller sets. If you can join a local club or even get with a local turner that has one or more sets of tools, you can try out the tools before buying.

Our club recently held an all-day "Turn-a-thon" like what the Austrailan and New Zealand folks have been doing. I hosted one station where I demonstrated and taught hollowing with a whole pile of tools: Keltons, Jordan, Pencil, Stewart, Packard, Sorby, Ellsworth, Exocet, ring and hook tools, etc. Everyone that wanted to could try their hands at any or all of the tools.

One guy came over to my home the next week and spent an additional 2 hours of hands on with me. I then let him take three or four sets of tools home to try for a few days before making a purchasing decision.

Turners are generally a friendly and generous bunch. I'm sure you can find a helping hand in your neighborhood.

Joe Fleming - San Diego