On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:50:01 -0800 (PST), robo hippy
wrote:

Mac,
Another after thought, but have you thought of the Easy Rougher?
Carbide tipped as well.
robo hippy

Yep.. was thinking pretty seriously about it, despite the price, but except for
the re-positional carbide blade it sort of duplicates my larger Oland tools..

I still might get one, but I really haven't seen any good reviews on it, other
than their comments on their web page..
The line that scares me goes something like "Transfer the abuse from your arm to
the lathe"...
Having to sell quite a few pieces to recover the $2,500 or so for the latest
lathe, that statement sort of scares me..

Also, from the video on their page, it seems to be a great tool for conventional
bowl blanks, where you cut a slab, bandsaw it round and rough it out..
I'm mostly mounting very rough pieces of ironwood on a chuck screw and tailstock
and sneaking up in a bunch of corners and irregular shapes..
I think the easy rougher might do more harm that good on most of my stuff..


mac

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