14" bandsaw, or can I get by with chainsaw for turning

[Scott Horton TN]

Although I have a large and pretty powerful band saw I almost never use it on turning blanks, I find it quicker and easier (and perhaps safer) to round them up on the lathe, with the added advantage that you can move the blank around as you go if the grain isn't exactly as you might have anticipated. I knock the corners off with a chainsaw then use a 40/40 grind gouge that can remove a tremendous amount of wood from an uneven blank in a hurry with minimal stress using Stuart Batty's "float the bevel" method.

Thanks Roger. Very helpful. I'll look up those methods. What size gouge do you use for these?