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roughing

  1. Ric Williams

    Didn't realize that roughing bowls was such great practice!

    The only turning I've been doing lately is roughing bowls from blanks I'd processed recently and, after or so 25 bowls, I seem to have hit a threshold. All of a sudden the tooling marks have all but disappeared, the wall thicknesses are getting more consistent on the first try, and the finish...
  2. M

    So I bought a new lathe tool

    I picked up one of the Little Beaver's designed by Larry Martin (The Wood Whirler) from their current maker on Ebay. I love this thing. It's like having a super roughing gouge that works with bowl blanks. It has a square, radiused carbide cutter and a serious chip deflector. The tang is 1/2 inch.
  3. John Torchick

    Turning tool to buy?

    I still consider myself as a newbie as I have not turned near as much as many of you. I'm asking Santa for some $$$$ to buy a decent quality tool. Right now I have a HF set that is being sharpened by a member of our turning club. I was looking at the Easy Wood Tools in the Woodcraft magazine...
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