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Flaking and scraping are quite different things. Flaking is deeper cutting done for oil retention pockets (and decoration.) It is also often mistaken for scraping, Flaking is also used to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. The scraping done on the old Logan and SB lathes, when you see it unworn and pristine, is done by a scraper with very little nose radius, making flat cuts that cover a wider area than usual, and with areas between the marks that are not scraped at all. I suppose someone might say that is to "final fit" the lathe, or to add oil pockets, but I call it decoration. The lathes I am talking about here are typically smaller ones, built to a price point, often from the 1930's, 40's, and '50's. Earlier lathes were planed and then completely scraped in, later ones did not bother with 'scraping' at all, left them shiny.
Bob I love the examples of poor quality restorations you give. "sow's ear" that's great.