>I was watching the DIY show where he is learnin the student how to make a threaded lid container. The hollowing proccess looks similar to something I want to do. What confused me though is the angle of the tool when cutting away the inside walls. He drilled a hole first, then started at the walls. I couldn't tell how the tool was placed. Also wasn't sure what type of tool was used. I taped it and will watch it again, but thought I'd ask. Thanks for the help.
I didn't see the show, so I can't tell you exactly what he used. However, if you want to hollow end grain such as the inside of a box, use a very stiff, heavy-duty scraper, with an angle on the left side of just a little less than 90 degrees -- that is, not quite square. You can also put a very slight domed curve on the end if you like. The bevel is usually pretty steep, around 75 - 80 degrees or so. The tool works at or above center on the inside of a hollow object -- NEVER below center on the inside, or you can get a horrific catch.
For rounded objects, like bowls, end grain can be scraped with round-nose or radius scrapers -- again, slightly above center (if you ever need to scrape the outside of a bowl, do that below center).
For very good information on end grain hollowing with scrapers, see Richard Raffan's book and video on making boxes -- you can see, hear, and almost feel how the tools cut.
