How-To
Lathe Scraper Basics: Perfectly Flat Surfaces
How to use a boat-tail scraper to make a flat platter
The lowly scraper is a highly useful tool that can get jobs done when gouges and chisels can’t. In faceplate turning, turning a tabletop perfectly flat with a bowl gouge is very difficult. And if you are tired of clouds of dust when trying to sand the surface of a platter flat, you need what I call a boat-tail scraper.
In this short video, Conover demonstrates how to create a perfectly flat surface with this scraper on a wooden platter.
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How do you attach the wood to the power head of the lathe, and be on center?
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