Hi, I was trying to turn some found wood recently, large pieces 12-16" dia that were very irregular. I went thru pretty much all my turning tools and beat myself to death, but found that my small circular carbide scraper (12mm dia?) on a small (3/8" dia?) round shank seemed to give me the least physical "beating". I turned at various angles, which seemed to allow stock removal without too much of a beating. I'm wondering what tools others have found best to use to rough out odd shaped wood into bowl/vessels? I was thinking a stouter shank, maybe 5/8" or 3/4" would stand up better, and maybe a slightly larger carbide bit might be better, or at least faster? BTW, my small carbide has relief next to the cutting edge, chipbreaker I think it is called? Most of the bigger bits are flat carbide, I would think those wouldn't cut as well? It seems all the large commercially available tools with round carbide bits have a flat bottom on the shank, which I think presenting the cutter straight into the wood would beat the heck out of my arms? Any comments or experience would be appreciated!