"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
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When I started turning, I made all my bowl gouges and put
relatively short handles on them. After buying a couple I
got frustrated by the huge handles when trying to finish the
inside of a bowl. The handle kept bumping against the ways.
Today I received a quarter inch one for finishing off inside
small bowls. I immediately chucked it up and turned off half
the handle. It's hard to change your ways when you get to be
an old codger.

It's not the sword, but the swordsman.

No sense going into contortions to make someone else's idea of a tool fit
your style.