A while back I was at a turning demo put on by a world famous turner who
shall remain nameless. He was making some great cuts in a piece of green,
sound, clear black cherry and the shavings were flying. So were the sales
pitches for his name sake, specially ground and formed gouges. One of the
fellows looked at Maurice Gamblin, an excellent turner, and said, "Maurice,
is there even one of those cuts you can not make with a standard 1/4"
gouge?" Maurice replied that for a couple he would want a parting tool and
mabe a 3/8" for one or two. On the other hand Maurice has no tools named
after him. Sometimes the price of fame is $69.95 for a fancy gouge :-)

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com