John K Jordan
05-05-2017, 5:00 PM
This spindle roughing gouge is made from 1" diameter Thompson steel. The shaft (can hardly call it a tang) is 5/8" diameter, the same as the smaller (and incredible) Thompson/St.Leger 5/8" roughing gouge. The smaller one is my favorite for small diameter spindles but this one works great for 2" to 4" spindles.
For a handle that would fit both tools plus a few others, I turned a new adapter on the metal-cutting lathe. This one is cut from a 1-1/4" diameter brass rod from the scrap yard. Drilling the 5/8" thru hole was tricky.
The largest adapter I've made so far, it's pretty heavy made from brass and the gouge is heavy too. To balance the weight I turned the handle from a piece of a Persimmon tree I cut here in 2006. (Persimmon is heavy and quite strong.) A clearance hole is drilled deep into the handle so I can adjust the protrusion of a couple of my longer tools with 5/8" shafts.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=359650&d=1494017296
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=359651&d=1494017296
Works very well! (and feels good in the hand)
JKJ
For a handle that would fit both tools plus a few others, I turned a new adapter on the metal-cutting lathe. This one is cut from a 1-1/4" diameter brass rod from the scrap yard. Drilling the 5/8" thru hole was tricky.
The largest adapter I've made so far, it's pretty heavy made from brass and the gouge is heavy too. To balance the weight I turned the handle from a piece of a Persimmon tree I cut here in 2006. (Persimmon is heavy and quite strong.) A clearance hole is drilled deep into the handle so I can adjust the protrusion of a couple of my longer tools with 5/8" shafts.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=359650&d=1494017296
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=359651&d=1494017296
Works very well! (and feels good in the hand)
JKJ