Roughing gouge

[mickdundee]

Am I right in thinking a hefty roughing gouge somewhere between 1-1 1/2", would be the quickest tool for rounding off square and odd shaped lumps of wood before getting the bowl gouge out. One tool sellers website I was looking at said roughing gouges should never be used on bowl projects? Cheers, Mick

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

that's correct...

[mickdundee]

Am I correct or the website mate

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

both...

[Logrod]

I always start with a roughing gouge (but I'm an amateur and that may explain the quality of my work!)

[mickdundee]

That's crystal Steve haha.

 

Logrod I'm with you there. I can't think of a logical reason for not using a roughing gouge on a bowl. It's just for rounding the piece to start off so doesn't matter what it's going to be when finished.

 

 

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[devon TWiG]

A roughing gouge is for spindle work ... after cutting to rough shape with a chainsaw , I rough out all my bowls and the exterior of hollow forms with a 3/4 bowl gouge ( sorby )

[mickdundee]

Ok. At the minute I'm using a sorby 1/2 bowl gouge for almost everything. I was thinking I might be giving it a bit of a hard life

 

 

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[Chippy]

You would be ok to use one on the outside of the bowl, but never on the inside.

[Logrod]

Yep I should have said I meant roughing gouge for the outside, I use a half inch bowl gouge for the interior