How many rough-outs do you have?

[Mike Cruz]

Okay, I've been hearing a bunch of folks saying that they have more rough-outs sitting around than they have space for! So, it makes me wonder... How many rough-outs does the average guy have sitting around? (Let's not make this an average vs mean discussion...;))

I'll start: I have a measely and embarrassing 21

[Roger Chandler]

At the current moment..........only one..........a walnut crotch platter with a beautiful feather in the grain.......looking forward to completing it soon..............perhaps this week if I can find the time............I need to get busy, because I have a demo on Saturday [lidded boxes] and I need to make at least one more of those before Saturday [it will be turned to finish] and get some blanks cut for the demo as well.

[Russell Eaton]

I have 30+ right now. Half are hollow forms, the rest bowls.

[Scott Hackler]

I only have about 3 right now, because I haven't been turning much so far this year. Hopefully that number will increase after this weekend!

[Dennis Ford]

I have not counted them in a long time but the 50 -100 range was an easy choice. I think there are about 60.

[Lee Koepke]

i have one left now! Since getting my Jet 1642, I have made a boatload of pens for a wedding party ..... this weekend, I worked on cleaning up my shop and finishing up some of the roughs I had sitting around. Nice to turn something 'real'

[James Roberts]

I only have 6 right now but have had as many as 12 at one time. I need more shop time:(.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Without counting all the blanks... under 50 but more than 30. Used to have twice that but have managed to finish a few every now and then! Reminds me that I need to start doing some green turning again!

[Ron Bontz]

I only rough out a few a year. Lack of space.

[Dale Miner]

A few over 200 at last count about six months ago. More have been roughed than finished since then.

[Bob Bergstrom]

Is that counting the ones with cracks?

[Thomas Canfield]

There was not a minimum size given. I said the 50-100 like Dennis because it was an easy guess, but know that there are at least that many over 8" and about 50 plus in the under 4" that I do with the little PSI expanding collet. Green bowls and turnings are so much easier than the finishing.

[Baxter Smith]

About a year ago, I decided I needed more storage space for roughouts. I built more shelves and counted at the time. Some over 150 bowls and 50 hollowforms at the time.

I thought this past winter I might try and finish something for every new roughout.:rolleyes: That didn't come close to happening! Better luck next year! :)

[Bernie Weishapl]

I am getting close to 100. Everytime I take a rough out and finish it I always rough out at least 2 to 4 to replace it. Most of mine are utility bowls, platters and canisters. I generally don't have any vases because I take them to finish in one sitting.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Including hollow forms and bowls I have around 150. I found an unused high shelf in our warehouse and where I store them. Given that it takes at least a year or two to dry a rough out, it makes sense to keep a flow. I keep saying I have enough for now then a wood find comes along that is too good to pass up. That means more rough outs. Friday a friend called to invite me along to help dispose of a black cherry. It was 30" in diameter and 16 feet to the first branch. My take yielded three 19" x 8" bowl blanks and a half dozen big hollow forms and an assortment of soon to be calabash rough outs. The three big bowl blanks will be another 9 rough outs. So by next weekend my count will jump again. It is nice to have an assortment to choose from when you want to finish up something.
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[Jon Nuckles]

51 to 100 right now because things have been slow new wood-wise. Unfortunately, I generally finish turn the best of the dry ones first, so the ones that remain are not my favorites.

[Lionel Mercier]

only a few,
because I've noticed that often, rough out are forgotten under the spider web...:(
and one does not remember the first idea :confused:

[Mike Cruz]

Wow, I'm very surprised at the results so far. I actually expected there to be a lot more people with hundreds and hundreds...

[Jim Underwood]

About 70. I was looking for something to make the shape challenge bowl out of a few weeks ago, and counted them up. Never did find the right size/shape for the challenged... hadda glue up some scraps.

[Jeremy Leasure]

I just wanna know who the 500-1000 and the 1000+ people are. I'm in the 50-100 category right now. Soon to be expanding considerably.

[Rich Aldrich]

I tend to have more roughouts because I try to rough out the burls and such so I can DNA soak and put in a bag. Once they are to that point, they will keep "forever", so it is my way of preserving the wood. That being said, I have a number of burls that need to be roughed out. I need more time.

[Hayes Rutherford]

Jeremy, 500-1000 was me.

[Mike Cruz]

I have to say that these results really amaze me. In my OP, I said the I have a measly and embarrassing 21 rough outs (not 20 ;)), but I never would have thought that about 50% of the turners here were in that boat or less. Somehow, I always pictured most people's shops loaded to the ceiling with rough-outs...maybe because I've seen pics of people's shops like that! Hmmm, just though of another Poll...

[Pat Scott]

I have over 1,000 roughouts. You just had to ask how many we had, didn't you? Actually I've been kind of curious myself as I have wood all over the place.

I have 4 storage racks downstairs with 6 shelves per rack. The racks are full and I have pieces stacked all over the floor as well - to the point where I don't have hardly any room to walk. I started counting yesterday before work and realized it was going to take me longer than I thought. I finished counting the rest of the shelves on the first rack before dinner tonight and came up with a total of 368 pieces on one storage rack. After one rack I decided I've got better things to do than count! So my total number is a best guess...

If I take 368 pieces per rack multiplied by 4 racks, that equals 1472. I'm not counting whats on the floor and in the garage (probably another 100 or more). So at this point I'm guessing that I have somewhere around 1500 total roughouts, give or take.

My roughouts consist of: salad bowls, nested salad bowl sets, individual size bowls (cereal bowl size), dinner plates (11"-12"), appetizer size plates (8"-9"), platters (13" to 20"), and peppermill blanks.

[Ed Sandle]

Boy was I glad to see this. I probably have around a hundred or so, and am always teased by a few club members and my wife. I see now though that I am in good company.