RIKON Power Tools 70-300 - Manual (Page 11)

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Roughing Out
1. Use a large roughing gouge and begin cutting about 2” from the tailstock end of the workpiece.
Place the tool on tool rest with heel of the tool on surface to be cut.
2. Slowly and gently raise tool handle until cutting edge comes into contact with the workpiece. Work
to the right towards the end of the workpiece. You never want to start at the end of a workpiece.
3. Now continue to work the rest of the workpiece. Roll the flute (hollowed-out portion) of the tool in
the direction of the cut, see Figure 12. Make long sweeping cuts in a continuous motion to rough the
piece down to a cylinder. Keep as much of the bevel of tool as possible in contact with workpiece to
ensure control and avoid catches. Note: Always cut down-hill, or from large diameter to small diam-
eter. Always work toward the end of a workpiece, never start cutting at the end.
4. Once the workpiece is roughed down to a cylinder, smooth it with a large skew. Place the cutting
point near the center of the chisel and high on the workpiece, see Figure 13. Touching one of the
points of the skew to the spinning workpiece may cause a catch and ruin the workpiece.
Fig. 13 Fig. 14
5. Add details to the workpiece with skew, spindle gouge, etc.
Coves
1. Use a spindle gouge. With the flute of the tool at 90 degrees to workpiece, touch the center of the
cutting edge to the workpiece and roll in towards the bottom of the cove. Stop at the bottom;
attempting to go up the opposite side may cause the tool to catch.
2. Move tool over the desired width of cove.
3. With the flute facing the opposite direction, repeat step 1 for other side of cove. Stop at bottom of
cut, see Figure 15.
Fig. 15 Fig. 16