Rotary ball gouge?

[Nick Allen]

Look at dis:

https://youtu.be/_Wys07vfvDk

Useful for roughing plates perhaps?

[WorksAsIntended]

Hm, actually might be worth for some. 

[Julian Cossmann Cooke]

Sure would bolster the argument for drilling depth gauge holes in a plate before taking this power scorp thing to it.  Especially the spruce...Maybe they'll make a whole range of sizes and we can use it for scroll carving!  

[Nick Allen]

1 hour ago, Julian Cossmann Cooke said:

Maybe they'll make a whole range of sizes and we can use it for scroll carving!  

Maybe a spindle router would be better for scrolls?

[arglebargle]

It would certainly work. Doesn't seem to be aggressive at all. Almost to the point of being ineffective. Not sure a large, well sharpened gouge wouldn't be better.

THIS is what I use to graduate cello backs. A hoof trimmer! Who'd of thought?  Not aggressive and makes very nice, smooth cuts. I don't find tools of this sort necessary for tops, (or for violins and violas), but there is a lot of hard-ass wood to throw away in a cello back

[JacksonMaberry]

I agree with argle. Seems like a big enough and sharp enough gouge could hog a plate just as quick if not quicker. I admit to an irrational fear of angle grinders, too. 

[David Burgess]

4 hours ago, JacksonMaberry said:

I agree with argle. Seems like a big enough and sharp enough gouge could hog a plate just as quick if not quicker.

I agree too. This seems to be a tool more for mincing about, than aggressive material removal. The "chainsaw" wheels in an angle grinder can do much better, and so can a sharp gouge, at least on spruce.

I probably can't rough out a cello back as quickly as someone with one of the chainsaw wheels, but I'd be willing to give it a try, as long as emergency medical intervention is standing by.

[arglebargle]

I recently had one of those work changing experiences. You know, the kind where you step back and say what the f**k have I been doing all this time?! I had a nice buck bros. gouge for some time, and finally got around to making a handle for it. A long handle. Burgess style.

 

Wow. It totally changed the speed which I could arch and graduate a cello. To the point of just stepping back and shaking my head at all those wasted hours. The handle was just a couple of components from Lowes. Cheap. So go make yourself one!

 

[Nick Allen]

Did you make a string ferrule for that? I just turned a nice long handle for my arching gouge, and am having trouble finding a ferrule that's the right size. Is the string and CA glue good for that?

[arglebargle]

It's a socket gouge, so I fit the handle to the socket, glued them together with epoxy, then wrapped with the cord and epoxy the cord. It feels very secure.

[edi malinaric]

Hi All - if you open that Hus violin maker clip and freeze it at 3m23 you can see a high speed stock removal weapon in action. I especially like those long slicing cuts.

cheers edi

[J.DiLisio]

There was a recent price drop so I decided to try one of these out.  This is after just a few minutes with it..

With more practice I’d feel comfortable taking off more but as-is I feel like I’ve saved my hands from some amount of fatigue. 

I imagine these would be great for hogging out larger instruments. 

[Nick Allen]

1 hour ago, DoorMouse said:

There was a recent price drop so I decided to try one of these out.  This is after just a few minutes with it..

With more practice I’d feel comfortable taking off more but as-is I feel like I’ve saved my hands from some amount of fatigue. 

I imagine these would be great for hogging out larger instruments. 

Huh. Would ya look at that. I know that Arbortech wasn't a super hot seller for a while, and prices seemed to drop with that.