Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Hunter #1 Retrofit Caution
Stuart Johnson
My wife gave me a Hunter retrofit that is one sweet tool. But be careful when using it. It is so smooth and shaving flow so easily you can get the wall down to .018" before the rotational force spins the piece in two. Luckily I was trying it out on an old bowl just to see how it works. Next tryout I'll go ahead and use either the laser or video set up.
Re: Hunter #1 Retrofit Caution
Mike Stafford
I have often said it takes getting used to when switching from a normal hollowing tool to a Hunter tool.
The sounds are different. There is practically no difference in sound as you approach the point where the inside and outside diameters are equal.
I learned the hard way...several times.
Re: Hunter #1 Retrofit Caution
JamieDonaldson
Yes, the fact that the Hunter tools are slicers rather than scrapers takes some practice to adjust to their faster speed of cutting.
Agree
Lyle Jamieson
It is worth the effort to learn how to cut with them.
Hunter tool use, according to my piano teacher
John K Jordan
I recently got a pair of the Hercules Hunter tools and I can say they are very nice. What sturdy tools. I'll probably get more use of the big one but time will tell. I'll try to post some detail later.
And as my classical piano teacher was always fond of saying, everything is easy once you know how!
(everything except classical piano, I always thought. give me improv, any day)
JKJ
