HTT-109, High Speed Steel, 2" Spindle Roughing Gouge for Woodturning

I have several tools from Hurricane. They’re not cheap and not nearly the most expensive. They do a really nice job. No need to pay for a more expensive name brand. Good heavy HSS that sharpens up well, holds a nice edge and turns out nice work.

Nice tool that rips the wood off the logs

This is the tool that I do 95% of my turning with. It's beefy enough that I can use it as an exercise club! While it won't give more than a decent warm-up, its bulk certainly helps it resist chatter while cutting on the lathe. It makes turning go at a speed that is actually profitable compared to the 1" roughing gouge I had been using.I like how wide its edge is. Since it's curved you only ever use a small section of the blade to cut. However it's still a wider cutting section than using a smaller gouge and since it has such an ample compass you effectively have three cutting edges on one tool!I turn pens from natural limbs and end up using the central section for the initial rounding and either wing for wasting material. I took those wings back a little bit on the grinder and now they cut like over-sized round scrapers, removing material smoothly and with beautiful speed. If could choose but two lathe tools to work with on a spindle turning it would be this one and a smaller scraper for adding on the final touches.As for whether this is actual high speed steel I don't doubt it.I'm something of a pen turner and I can turn 5 or 6 pens in soft wood before I become dissatisfied with quantity and quality of shavings flying off my work. For hard but well behaved wood like mahogany I'll cut 3 and then dutifully touch up the edge. Working with material that is just inexplicably hard I'll cut 1 or 2 and then I do what I must.If that sounds unsatisfactory to anyone then your tools probably aren't sharpened often enough to do their job properly and you're probably shooting yourself in the foot time-wise for being that much a miser.All in all, for me, it paid for itself within two or so hours, and if it last me a year I think I should have received a tremendous value in return for what I paid.

I've been making Native American Flutes for about 20 years. This tool has made my turn time much faster. I use Eastern Red Cedar for most of them and this gouge leaves a smooth finish with less sanding. Be alert, it will eat your wood quick!!

Very nice, sturdy roughing gouge, well worth the money!

Let me start by saying so far I have only used it once to rough out an end grain cherry blank....in that one use, I was able to see the quality of the gouge. The steel "looks" like my sorry tool steel, Not like my other Chinese tool steel which were purchased at the "freight" store down by the "harbor"....At first glance you can feel the quality in how heavy this tool is, I was not expecting how thick it is. For this pri e I expected less to be honest, I was pleasantly surprised.It came moderately sharp, I did not sharpen it yet, however, I plan too of course. After turning a small bowl from this cherry I even had to sharpen my Sorby tools...this one held right up here with them.Bottom line: take the chance, at 1/4 the price of other similar sized gouges, I feel that I've got my money's worth for sure. Keep in mind I've only used it once however, if something awful happens I will update my review.

Takes off wood easily on non round blanks.This is my second purchase of this tool as I gave the first one to my granddaughters husband for his lathe work. He loves it!

My name is Mark and I am a tool junkie. I mostly turn bowl sang hollow forms but a couple of friends wanted me to make some baseball bats.Not wanting to spend half the day roughing out blanks I bought this. It is well beyond what I expected for the money. Takes shape on my CBN wheel beautifully and holds it very well. I was surprised, but pleasantly so.Does it compare to my Crown or Thompson tools? Actually it isn't too far off and at a fourth the cost. I'd say if you were an accession all to moderate spindle turner thus is ideal. Great band for the buckAs to fit and finish, well meh it's okay. The handle is just okay and the ferrule could fit a bit better. But I usually toss the handles and make my own anyway.Still I gave it five stars for overall value and how well it holds it's edge.

reçu rapidement, très satisfaite, merci