With my recent increase in interest towards woodturning I figured I needed some quality tools so today I picked up a 3/4″ roughing gouge made by Henry Taylor Tools Ltd. of Sheffield England.

The roughing gouges is used to “rough” square stock into round and shape shallow curves. Used with a slicing cut, it can also give an excellent finish like that produced by the skew.

The 3/4″ gouge is 16-3/4″ long overall with a 7″ blade and forged from a solid HSS (high speed steel) bar.

Back to the shop…