The Easy Rougher&#xAE; 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&#xAE; 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 &#x2018;white knuckling&#x27; a bowl gouge. 16" handle, 1/2" x 8-1/2" tool bar.<p><b>Features:</b><ul><li>Cuts left, right and straight in without changing approach angle<li>Truly deeper cuts &#x2013; up to 1" off the diameter in one pass with the Full Size Rougher<li>Requires very little physical strength or exertion<li>Your feet and hips stay in nearly the same position for the blank roughing process<li>Very minimal handle bouncing on irregular shaped blanks<li>Reduced kick-back or sucking into work piece<li>Available Chip Deflector keeps most projectiles away from the face and neck<li>No intimidating cutting angles to learn and remember<li>No bevels to ride<li>No fear of a dangerous catch<li>Accepts three different cutters: T25574-76

The Easy Wood Tools Full Size Easy Rougher is a replaceable carbide insert woodturning lathe 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, level to the floor and pushed straight into your work, the Easy Rougher will effortlessly hog away massive amounts of wood. No intimidating cutting angles to learn and remember-cuts left, right and straight in without changing approach angle. This simple approach to turning allows you to learn and master wood turning in no time. 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. Requires very little physical strength or exertion, so no more ‘white knuckling’ a bowl gouge. Truly deeper cuts – up to 1 inch off the diameter in one pass with the Full Size Rougher. Maximum reach from tool rest is 4 inches. Super hard Maple handle is 16 inches long with easy grip handle. Solid CNC machined stainless steel tool bar is 8.5 inches long and 1/2 inch square. Overall tool length is 24.5 inches The Full Size Rougher accepts 4 different proprietary carbide cutters: Ci1-R2 (2 inch radius) , Ci1-R4 (4 inch radius), Ci1-SQ (no radius along flat) and our Patented Ci1R2 Negative Rake Carbide Cutter. These carbide cutters have four sharp sides and are easily rotated to expose new sharp edges. You will never need to sharpen again! Cutters are specially designed with the optimal grind, geometry and grade of carbide to excel at woodturning. The rougher comes with a Ci1-R4 square carbide cutter installed and a hex wrench. The Easy Rougher is capable of plunge cuts similar to using a giant parting tool. This type of cut sends massive amounts of material straight back at the operator. Available Chip Deflector keeps most shavings away from the face and neck.