well i was playing around last night with a couple peices of apple trying to figure out the best way for me to make the cleanest cut, after what happened on thursday i will probably not shear cut with a scraper on an angle for a long time. so i was playing around with my bowl gouge, and found that for shear cutting on the outside, you can take the bowl gouge and turn it upside down, and use the "wings" to shear cut. is this new or is this just something that has been around? i was able to use it this way to make several peices that are now see through.