Negative Rake Scrapers for Woodturning

Negative Rake Scrapers are very useful woodturning tools. They make a very fine cut, smoothing out the surface of the wood and removing tearout. Here is a description of the Negative Rake Scrapers that I use in my woodturning.
Thank you to Stuart Batty and Bonnie Klein for showing me the Negative Rake Scraper concept!
Please check out my website www.cindydrozda.com/ for more information about woodturning tools.
If you are wondering where to get that grinder support platform, it is made by Stuart Batty Tools and sold by Woodworkers Emporium in Las Vegas USA. The platforms are not listed on the website, give them a call to ask about them.
www.woodworkersemporium.com/

[@Agropelters]

Such a powerhouse of wonderful knowledge. Thank you.

[@georgeoliver9125]

Great explanation of negative rake scraper. George

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Your emphatic 'No' for expecting a single bevel scraper to cut as a neg raker is good enough for me. -Mike

[@GordonRock1]

Thank you, Cindy. Glad to see you back! I use your square recess scraper and your Vortex tool a lot and love them both! Really like your use of the green screen!
Happy turning,
.....Gord

[@camerahammerwoody9196]

This is the best explanation on the how/why use of the NRS that I have come across. Thank you.

[@jonsayre9404]

Thanks you for explaining negative rake. Always learning from your videos.

[@chuckkubin2557]

Thanks, Cindy, for the simplest and most concise description and video on the topic I've seen. Your what to do and how to do it approach is most valuable.

[@clintmyrick4128]

Thank you Cindy! Just this one short video has demystified so much that is glossed over in other explanations of negative-rake. Short, sweet, precise, perfect.

[@DavidTermini]

Thanks Cindy

[@billy19461]

Glad to see you back on TH-cam .

[@anthonylarocco6883]

I love your no nonsense, efficient presentations. I felt like I learned a lot in so little time. Looking forward to many more videos like this.

[@glencrandall7051]

Thanks Cindy. Your input is always appreciated. Good clear explanations, easy to understand. Thank you for sharing.

[@pajonate]

Cindy, thanks for these videos. I hope you don't mind me sharing them on the FB wood turning groups I am member with.
When you lift up a single bevel scraper to act like negative rake one, the forces that are applied while turning are pulling the whole tool along its axis, which is hard to control, where if you use double beveled scarper (negative rake one), the forces are pulling the tool down, or perpendicular to the tool axis, where the tool rest helps tremendously to keep the tool in control.

[@cindydrozda]

Thanks for that explanation. Yes, it makes a lot of sense the way you explain it.
Please feel free to share my videos on any woodturning or woodworking sites that you think will be interested. Sharing is what helps us all to grow in woodturning!

[@williammcnabb1354]

I've seen you in the woodturning group I'm a member of. I've always appreciated your comments. This video is very informative. Thank you. You have a new subscriber :-)

[@carolriley8472]

Thanks for all the info on negative rake scrapers!

[@larrytaylor2903]

Thanks, Cindy, awesome as always.

[@stepitup5409]

Cindy, you are an amazingly talented lady! Im hooked!

[@braveheart51able]

Thank you, Cindy!

[@jesseabney2195]

Thanks for the information. Great video.

[@RickTurnsWoodturning]

Good video, Cindy! I really like the way you had the video of yourself over the closeup of the cutting action. Did you use a green screen for that?

[@cindydrozda]

Thank you for the kind words, Rick! Yes, that's a green screen behind me. Fun with technology!

[@solangelopes6113]

🙏🙏👏👏👏🤩🤩🥰

[@roscoepatternworks3471]

Meaning no offense, each person does what works for them. I've been turning since I was 23, I'm now 70. The negative rake does nothing really raising or lowering the tool rest does. A scraper slightly below center of rotation does the same thing. You are right about the burr, leave it on. Remove if the tool is a skewer. I move my tool rest to suit the tool I'm using. My background is 35 years building patterns for industrial applications. Smallest diam turned was pegs for a cribbage board, largest was on a faceplate 10 foot diameter, 24 inches from the plate. Just my observation.

[@cindydrozda]

Yep, we all do what works for us. I try to point out that what I share is merely my opinion, and/or my way of doing things. Sometimes that doesn't come across as well as I would like. Keep on doing what works for you!

[@roscoepatternworks3471]

@@cindydrozda you're an excellent wood turner. I guess my comment was more directed a a novice. And my background was in job shops. Time is money,etc. Spending time to make the angles just right, grinding both top and bottom of a tool, wastes time in that environment. The point I was trying to make was, if w someone is just getting into turning you don't need much. For 1 off jobs I've do regrind old screwdrivers, files even mild steel. It doesn't take much to get started and you don't have to buy the best tools. I do know a few novice wood workers that feel they can't do a particular job without some particular tool. But again these are just my way of doing things. And nice job on the urchin ornament.

[@kyle-oq8cl]

Thats just a Dame skew