Originally Posted by
tea lady
I don't own a "big-mo-fo-scraper". The one I use most is about 1/2 an inch wide but fairly thick. I have it fairly curved on the front. Not negative rake. I can use it a fair distance off the rest to get to the bottom of end grain boxes. Its good in the tight transition of bowls that go into a more vertical side shape. I "sheer scrape" with it on really tricky spots. Have discovered I can use it upside down if I need it to go into a tighter corner. :cool: And that also gives a negative rake effect.
I find the wider ones just mean you can create tear out on a bigger area faster. The big contact surface means you can break dove tail feet off real well. Specially if you are aiming at stalling the lathe with the thing.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents.