I got my 3/4” bowl gouge reshaped Saturday. Took it for a test drive today and rough turned a couple of 14” bowls. Wow this thing is awesome. I don’t know how I got by without it before.

Could you post a closeup of the tip, Rusty?

2 hours ago, lew said:

Could you post a closeup of the tip, Rusty?

Yes I will get a picture tomorrow. It came as a bottom feeder and I put a swept back grind on it.

That's a huge gouge, biggest I've ever had is 5/8" and I've honestly never gotten comfortable with it. About all I use anymore is a 3/8" Thompson.

On 12/29/2025 at 5:03 PM, lew said:

Could you post a closeup of the tip, Rusty?

Here it is Lew.

Here are the curls you get off it.

1 hour ago, RustyFN said:

Here it is Lew.

 

Thanks, Rusty! On mine, I brought the wings back a little farther.

2 hours ago, lew said:

 

Thanks, Rusty! On mine, I brought the wings back a little farther.

They come back farther on my smaller gouges.

Nice action . I have a Thompson 3/4 and I swept the wings back a good bit more to almost an Ellsworth grind. I love it for heavy work But lately my 3/8 bowl gouge does most of my work. Smaller stuff.

On 12/29/2025 at 8:27 PM, Steve Krumanaker said:

That's a huge gouge, biggest I've ever had is 5/8" and I've honestly never gotten comfortable with it. About all I use anymore is a 3/8" Thompson.

I think it is even bigger than it looks. My friend has a Thompson 3/4” bowl gouge. This Crown is quite a bit bigger. The flute is 3/4” and the bar is 1-1/8” diameter.