Santa being my wife, of course. So she has offered to get me a couple of turning tools on my list for Christmas. I am pretty well outfitted at this point with the basic gouges and skews, but one tool that I think would help me on that pesky transition zone in my bowls is a bottom-feeder gouge. As I currently turn on a Laguna 12/16," most of my bowls probably average between 7"-10" in diameter, if that helps. I am looking at the Mahoney 5/8" Bottom Feeder, or maybe one of the D-Way ones. As I also have and love Thompson's Lyle Jamieson grind bowl gouge, any tool from "the big three" would work great, I'm sure, though I would also consider others if they are highly regarded.
Some of your posts have also convinced me to start adding Hunter carbides to my arsenal. I was considering starting with the Hercules for hogging out problematic areas. But I also want to turn more shaving bowls and lidded boxes, most of which will be about 3" wide x3" deep, so one of the smaller tools? Packward Woodworks up in Tryon, NC is a dealer, so it might be worth a trip. It's a beautiful little town anyway.
FInally, I will probably also get the Beall Buffing System-no convincing needed on that one.
Thanks in advance for any help spending our Christmas money.
Some of your posts have also convinced me to start adding Hunter carbides to my arsenal. I was considering starting with the Hercules for hogging out problematic areas. But I also want to turn more shaving bowls and lidded boxes, most of which will be about 3" wide x3" deep, so one of the smaller tools? Packward Woodworks up in Tryon, NC is a dealer, so it might be worth a trip. It's a beautiful little town anyway.
FInally, I will probably also get the Beall Buffing System-no convincing needed on that one.
Thanks in advance for any help spending our Christmas money.