BCT Hollowing tool

[shedhead]

I wonder if anyone has used a BCT supercut Tool. Information can be seen if you Google BCT Tool. Not sure how to add a link on this post to take you directly to the information. It can be bought from Toolpost and Peter Child. It looks like a tool that can remove wood fast and fairly easy.

The tool comes in standard size and also i smaller size. I think the smaller tool handles better. Can anyone pass on any info on this tool.

 

[shedhead]

Also at the risk of highjacking my own post. Can some kind person explain how i would type my post with having the word HERE. When it is clicked on, will direct you straight to the page i wanted readers to see, without having to Google it ??????? :?

 

[cornucopia]

to do a clicky link-
highlight the word i.e HERE
then press URL
this will put brackets around the word like this HERE[url] put a = sign after the f...you post it that should work (i think :lol: )

 

[cornucopia]

I have two bct supercut tools there o.k I dont use them allot as i find theres too many variables -
what sort of work are you looking at doing?

 

[CHJ]

[Url=http://www.toolpost.co.uk/pages/Turning_Tools/BCT_Intro/BCT_SuperCut/bct_supercut.html]BCT Tool HERE[/url]

Results in:---BCT Tool HERE

Edit: that's what comes of the doorbell ringing, someone else is quicker pressing the send button :lol: (George you missed a \ [\url] in the lexample linky end.)

 

[wizer]

I was reading an old copy of Woodturning Magazine earlier and there was a review on this tool. It was very positive.

Here is the review:

https://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/page.asp?p=676

 

[wizer]

Looking at it. I reckon you could make the shaft and handle yourself and save yourself some money.

 

[CHJ]

Tom, the Supercut and the Hollowmate are different tools I believe.

 

[wizer]

oh yes, sorry. Tho the fittings look the same for the tips?

 

[shedhead]

George & Chas thanks for the info on adding link. Wizer thanks for the review on the BCT Tool.
I was thinking it would be a good tool for hollowing out bowls and hollowing out vessels. I saw it being used in a DVD Sue Harker ALL GLUED UP. It seamed to remove wood with ease.

 

[robo hippy]

I got one some years back, and like the tool. It uses a high speed cutter, and comes with a mandril for the cutter so you can put it in a drill and resharpen it. I set the cutter at 45 degrees and left it there. It is really grabby if you have the cutter flat and try to use it like a scraper. This is an excellent tool for end grain cutting like boxed and small hollow forms. Being able to rotate the head to different degrees for hollowing is okay, but for efficiency, switching to different curved neck tools is faster. I do have the newer tools now that have the nano grain carbide cutters, and prefer them. You almost never have to sharpen them, and you replace the cutters rather than resharpen them. You can use them on bowls, but I prefer a gouge for bowls. They do excell in end grain though.
robo hippy