New spindle roughing gouge, brass adapter

[John K Jordan]

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.


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Works very well! (and feels good in the hand)

JKJ

[daryl moses]

Looks great!!

[Art Moore]

Where's the Like button? Wow!

[John K Jordan]

Where's the Like button? Wow!

The "Like" button is on the front of my metal-cutting lathe - I really Like that thing! :)

JKJ

[David Delo]

Pretty sweet John.

[Adam Petersen]

That's a sweet setup. That looks solid as a rock but also is pretty to look at. Nice work!

[Richard Casey]

John, that is awesome and so timely. I just purchased a new 5/8 inch shaft hollower and I did not want to use a metal handle so this is a perfect solution. Great innovation.
Thanks and rgds,
Richard.

[William C Rogers]

Very nice John. Your handles are first class.