I was fortunate enough to attend the TAW Symposium in Nashville but this is not about the symposium it’s about tools. John Jordan was there, did not buy his. Already use his bars. Doug Thompson was there. Great tools but did not come home with any.
What I did was to come home with the Ci1 Easyrougher from www.easywoodtools.com. Craig, the owner is a first rate guy and great to work with. I have become skeptical of tools lately as there seems to be so many new things hitting the market. I had watched his video on you-tube before but I was still skeptical. Well, I got home and have had a chance to use it. One of the most stressful things for me to do is to rough turn out of round blanks. It just beats this old body plus it takes forever. Well I was totally amazed with this tool. You can rough turn a blank in a matter of minutes without getting beat up. Ribbons just fly without vibration or chatter or catches. It leaves a great finish as well. It works equally as well on dry wood. I can already see other uses for it. Bottom line if you want to by a tool that actually works, get this one.
What I did was to come home with the Ci1 Easyrougher from www.easywoodtools.com. Craig, the owner is a first rate guy and great to work with. I have become skeptical of tools lately as there seems to be so many new things hitting the market. I had watched his video on you-tube before but I was still skeptical. Well, I got home and have had a chance to use it. One of the most stressful things for me to do is to rough turn out of round blanks. It just beats this old body plus it takes forever. Well I was totally amazed with this tool. You can rough turn a blank in a matter of minutes without getting beat up. Ribbons just fly without vibration or chatter or catches. It leaves a great finish as well. It works equally as well on dry wood. I can already see other uses for it. Bottom line if you want to by a tool that actually works, get this one.