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Penpal

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Same as any other blank its dependant on care in the approach for all medium.Certainly for me I get more wary of the cut.

Peter.
 

Pierre

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I use an ashley iles martin pidgeon allrounder with long sides. It is probably the same shape as Terry's. It means that I can use it as a skew when necessary.
 

Bill Mooney

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This a piece of has planer blade which I fashioned & I use it on every pen I make. It has no handle & I use it between finger & thumb. I rough turn my blanks with a roughing gouge first.
 

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Does anyone us Carbide Chisels:thinks:

If you mean those with removable carbide lozenges then no, I find that they rip wood rather than slice wood and when you are dealing with such thin (by the time you get to the final cuts) pieces the final sanding is too much whereas with a slicing gouge or skew you can start on 600 grit and go down to the much finer grits much faster. :winking:
 

Penpal

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I used the 4 faced carbide to turn a Mammoth Tooth resharpening as I blunted each face by placing face down on a diamond file,have not used the round cutter.

Peter.
 

21William

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I use one of the 15mm flat round ones. The 9mm ones come in handy as well. I’d like to try some of the negative rake ones but they seem extraordinarily expensive for what they are.
 

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For wood I use a roughing gouge, and to finish I also use a NRS. I made the scrapers Myself, just order some HSS flat bar (200 X 15 X 6) and grind accordingly then make a handle.
 
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