Yesterday, I purchased a new Sorby 1" Extra Heavy Duty Scraper (http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5160) and have been having a fit with it on Osage Orange. I used on way back when I took my first turning class and really like it and now that I'm doing more and more turnings, I needed something with a little more heaft than my dinky round nose scraper.
I sharpened it on my wolverine jig and burnished it using my Veritas Scraper Burnisher, just as I do with my other scraper. It's kind of hard for me to describe the issue but here it goes.
When I'm turning a very specific osage orange bowl, I keep running into an issue where the cut becomes too aggressive and it stalls out the motor of my little Jet 1014i or knocks the piece loose from the chuck. I then have to loosen the chuck jaws, re-seat the bowl and start again. Fortunately, it's never bad enough that it throws anything out of balance when I reseat it. I'm using an internal S-shaped tool rest, so I'm plenty close to the bowl walls and bottom. The cut itself looks clean, but it's a very aggressive cut. I've tried moving my tool rest to different heights and introduce the scraper to the wood at different angles and I get one of two results - sawdust or big, thick 1" to 1 1/2" curls. The big curls are what causes the motor to stall out. I've also tried dropping the lathe speed down to 500 RPM and get the same results, just not as often.
I've also tried the same cut on maple and there was absolutely no issue - clean, smooth cuts.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong. It's very frustrating because I really want to finish this piece. If I get a moment, I'll try and post pictures of the setup.
Thanks in advance.