First I must apologise to our moderator because we are going slightly away from Legacy and into turning but at the end of the day we are talking about making sawdust and works of art, well that is how I see it!
What you say about the finish from carbide is true to some degree but there are ways around it, you keep one cutter just for finishing and then there is good old sanding using Abranet. However Bill in defence of carbide tools in my opinion if you handed a set of the three basic Easy Wood Tools to someone who was new to wood turning they would be turning immediately and making quicker progress than normal gouges. I have had a lathe for 17 years but never had the time to turn regularly until recently although for the last three or four years I have used the EWT tools, I have a full set of demo tools from when I was selling them, and so I use them when I had time. I did take a course on wood turning years ago but you need to keep your hand in to become proficient with standard tools and this is where EWT scores. Like Curtiss I am also trying to get to grips with the skew chisel. At the end of the day I use all the tools I have be they EWT or standard tools. Now whilst I do not currently have a Legacy machine, ah! I have not given up with my idea of designing something that will do the job and compliment my lathe work, that is what winter will be about. Regards Radar Roger From: Bill Bulkeley Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:21 PM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Revo Owners I haven’t used carbide before in turning wood I have heard they don’t leave as good a finish as HSS is that true Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of CURTIS GEORGE Sent: Friday, 22 August 2014 8:06 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Revo Owners Thanks Roger. that's kind of you to say so. ;-) As far as EasyTools goes. dont mind those snobs. yes good tool handling is important, but what is the most important thing is, what do you feel conferable with, that really counts. I met an Amish wood turners that used a squarish piece of metal that he said that he found in a junk pile... by turning that square tool he could do some amazing things with it, he could shear, scrape and boar out wood better on the lathe, than most turners that I have met, and he only used one tool. My only gripe with Easy Tools is the price. (I know, Big surprise there! ) ;-P Nice looking stuff that is until you look at the dollar amount/ price tag.. For me the Skew is the tool that I am tring to master at this min. but I have no problems with the carbide turning. to each there own, After all its the turner that makes the art, not the tools. and a good tool will always make the job easier. Just look at the Legacy, when roping... Just try that on a lathe. ..;-) Have a good night. C.A.G. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Cole As usual Curtis comes up with an excellent response, the way forward is just to keep on trying because at the end of the day it is just a piece of wood and unlike on a lathe it is not spinning at 2,000 rpm. Also remember you are not the first to experience this feeling, I am going through a similar situation. For the 16 plus years I have had at least one wood turning lathe, it reached a total of four earlier this year but it is now back to two but due to business commitments I have had very little time to turn during that time. Now in the last few years I have been selling Easy Wood Tools and they are carbide tipped tools that are very easy to use when it comes to wood turning www.easywoodtools.com As a result I have been using them when I had time to turn and they do work. I however belong to a wood turning club with a high percentage of professional turners, at least 30%, but we have less than 30 members and professionals tend to look down on this type of tooling so I have decided to get up to speed with conventional gouges. Guess what, I use any piece of timber I can get my hands and just keep on practicing and I am making progress. Perfection takes time and boy do you need to put in lots of practice unless you are a pure genius! So keep at it and remember, if it falls apart then stick it back together with a nice modern adhesive which are generally stronger than the original wood. And now for a few hours of therapeutic hedge trimming. Radar Roger From: CURTIS GEORGE Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:15 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Revo Owners Hello Cole If the fear is still there, go back to the fire wood pile again, Free wood is always better than spending good money on something that may get ruined. Which comes to mind, when making anything in the multiples of parts, I always do the Assembly line approach, Do One thing at a time, Do all the same cuts on every piece at one time, and then move on to the next. DO NOT do one spindle at a time and then go back for another. Along that mind set, put your scrap wood in the Legacy and cut that one first, If all goes well, put your expensive ($$$) wood in your machine after the cheap ones cut has been completed and move on... THAT WAY, There will be NO FEAR of any mistakes. ;-) Have a great day. C.A.G. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am interested in everything , it can be a curse or a blessing. whatever you do I may get some inspiration from it , i wanna see it . I have an 900 , been playin around the past few days with scraps mostly. got my first bits of maple .Trying to get over my fear of screwing up. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Bill Bulkeley <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > great i own a revo so im very interested in any thing revo > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Krause > To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:16 AM > Subject: ATTN: Revo Owners > > Hello Revo Owners, > > I'm going to be making some modifications to a Revo in the near future. I > would like to hear from Revo owners what changes they would like to see. 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