Little hard to follow your logic here, Odie.
A> You repeat your mantra about "RESULTS" but then proceed to trash use of Easy Wood Tools which are nothing more than an alternative method to the bowl gouge you are so committed to.
B> I personally use Hunter carbide cutters to turn bowls, especially deep ones, as well as for hollowing jars. Their cuts will match, if not exceed, anything produced by a bowl gouge in certain situations, and I've seen stuff turned with EWT that was impossible to tell what tools were used in the turning phase.
C> Are you abandoning your end-justifies-the-means point of view?
Hello Mark.......
Your comments are not unexpected.......to the contrary, they are expected. Either you understand the point of.....excellence of surface quality prior to sanding, or you don't........
My "mantra" is what it is, because all the words in the world can't produce excellence in results....only tools to the wood will do that! Altering pure shape as a necessary side effect of sanding, is a rule of thumb, and can't be changed by hope, or will power. Excessive sanding will be necessary, and is the results of imperfect cuts. Perfect cuts require minimal sanding, and there is no similarity between the two. Easywood tools do not have the possibility of producing a cut having the same integrity as traditional tools. You either understand that, or you don't.
I also use Hunter tools with bowls having inward slanting walls. Not in all cases, but there is certainly an advantage up under the lip of the bowl. However, this is because the shearing cut slant of the Hunter cutter is at an angle that isn't possible with a standard bowl gouge......if that weren't so, the cut, using a gouge, would be as good or better than the Hunter tool. That is, unless your bowl gouge isn't as sharp as the Hunter tool. In this limited case, the Easywood tool probably will do just as well as the Hunter tool. This is such a limited application, that I don't see the validity of using this example for general use......only a limited, and very specific use.
How about showing us some photos of your finished deep bowls and jars? I'm sure I'm not the only one who is just a little curious about the results you are getting, and how much sanding you do. Matter of fact, why not have an AAW photo album?
C>......Huh? I'd say the ends are the only thing that really matters......so, my principle remain the same. The ends are the only thing that justifies the means!
In the end, as with you and with anyone else, you have the right to have your own opinion, and it's not important whether there is agreement, or disagreement......other readers can decide the content of this discussion for themselves. I'm sure there will be those who subscribe to opposing viewpoints, but it matters not to me......because my "results are the ONLY thing that matters" to me......
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The following pics show some bowls with pronounced inward slanting walls. These most likely would have involved using the Hunter tool inside the upper interior of the walls.