Benjamin's Best 5/8" HSS Bowl Gouge

Item #: LX230

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Benjamin's Best High Speed Steel 5/8" Bowl Gouge, 22" long. Bowl gouges have a deep flute and are used primarily for turning bowls. Also used for dishes and other hollow forms mounted on the faceplate - normally with the grain running across the turning blank.

Benjamin's Best 5/8" HSS Bowl Gouge Specifications

Specification	Description
Material Type:	High Speed Steel
Category:	Bowl Gouges

Benjamin's Best 5/8" HSS Bowl Gouge Customer Reviews

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Benjamin's Best 5/8

Reviewer: Eric Kline (Lakeland, FL)
Submitted: 6.22.2010

This is a great tool. Well balanced and with the length needed to clean out a deeper bowl. 5/8 shaft decreases chatter on an extended overhang. Holds an edge well for HSS.

5/8-Inch Bowl Gouge

Reviewer: James Stone (Farmington, MO)
Submitted: 6.21.2010

An excellent buy for the money. Plenty of heft to dampen vibration, plenty of handle -- like the several other PSI turning tools I have, it's hard to beat. I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase.

Excellent tool

Reviewer: Ken Walston (Tucson, AZ)
Submitted: 12.22.2009

I enjoy using this 5/8" gouge. It performs just as well as tools that cost many times more. I do not have to sharpen in any more often.

A Great Addition to my Arsenal

Reviewer: Norman Dresner (Severn, MD)
Submitted: 9.22.2009

Often, when hollowing out a large bowl, even a ½" gouge isn't enough. The first great advantage of this 5/8" bowl gouge is it's size, 25% larger cut than a ½" gouge which really cuts down the time spent on the grunt work of hollowing the bowl before I get to the fun-part of decorating it. This product has another advantage, which is also sometimes a disadvantage: it's quite aggressive in it's cutting action which allows fast cutting but sometimes leads to very unpleasant catches. It's taken me the better part of a month to get comfortable with it whereas it only took me a day to get the same degree of facility with the Sorby ½" bowl gouge, but they're vastly different grinds which each have their strengths.