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Default Roughing a bowl blank??

Hi all, thanks for the useful advice. Sorry for the delay replying, I had
computer problems.
Regards
John


On Sep 14, 6:32 am, "john" wrote:
Hi all, I a have huge roughing gouge, trouble is it's not supposed to be
used for bowl blanks. Apparently it's not designed to cope with the
alternating "with the grain, against the grain" cutting. I know some
turners use them on bowls but the practice is said to be dangerous. Fine
by
me, I'm all for safety. BUT, what 'do' I use to rough out a bowl blank?
Your comments would be appreciated.