Originally Posted by
John K Jordan
I think I mentioned above that the flat on the sides of some SRGs work very well for planing a cylinder, just like a skew. I often use a 1.25" skew for roughing a square spindle blank. I sometimes use the SRG for peeling a spindle to make a tenon. JKeeton sometimes uses a bowl gouge for roughing. I like a 3/8" spindle gouge in places on bowls and platters. The biggest Hunter tool is pretty good for roughing, shaping, then finish cuts on both spindles and face work. I hollow end grain with a parting tool. A bedan can be crazy flexible with some practice. I often switch tools several times during both initial cuts and when doing practice final cuts just too see how different tools work in that situation with that particular wood. Sometimes one tool will work best on maple but is horrible on osage orange.
I think the moral of the story is there are many ways to use the tools we have. If we had just one tool in the shop we could still make things.
JKJ