The Easy Rougher is a carbide cutter woodturning tool that addresses fatigue, safety, and efficiency like no other type of tool on the market. Designed to be kept flat on the tool rest and level to the floor, the Easy Rougher will effortlessly hog away massive amounts of material for any woodturning process without the need for sharpening. The tool design provides support directly beneath the cutting edge transferring the cutting pressure downward allowing the lathe to "take the pounding" that you would normally suffer through when using a conventional bowl gouge for roughing. No more white knuckling a bowl gouge. The Easy Start, Mini, and Mid-Size Easy Rougher accept 2 different cutters:
Ci2-R2 or the Ci2-Square. he crowned, R2 and R4, cutters excel at spindle roughing and finishing and working inside bowls.
Choose the square cutter for cutting square shoulders such as tenons on bowls and spindle work.
For maximum efficiency, have a tool for each cutter. The Easy Rougher tool bars are CNC machined from solid stainless steel bar stock. Easy Start Rougher tool bars are made of black oxide steel. This mini rougher is unhandled for those who prefer to make their own custom handle!