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Lee, the tool is no different than a Pen Pro. That's why it is "revolutionary". It has already started a couple of wars on the IAP.

Tongue firmly in cheek:)
 
Studio-N said:
Aside from the replaceable tip - how does it differ from a bedan?
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A carbide tipped tool will last roughly 80 to 100 sharpening s, Also for turning materials like Soapstone, Alabaster some of the Tru Stone materials a carbide insert tool is vastly superior,

And if you notice the "Revolunanary tool: is quite small only 3/8. of an inch wide, versus a Woodchuck Pen Pro sitting on a 1/2 inch wide base. I do like the Idea of a bubinga handle, I guess I'll start using Jatoba or kingwood. Nanny Nanny Phoo Phoo>>

Tech term for go shove it:biggrin::biggrin:
 
I am partial to the "other" revolutionary new tool featured in the e-mail I received from CUSA. It allows leaving your tool rest unsecured so you can rotate it. Shore looks like a hose clamp to me.
 
I was a bit p-ssed when I seen it too. Sorry Ken, your original idea and work is far more superior than their cheap knockoff with a fancy handle. I'd like to say it's Revoluntionary in how they stole your idea and ran it as their own but we've all seen it happen too many times here.
 
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I don't believe it's hurt me much ye, as far as we can tell, our sales are actually still increasing. EWT has his fans and we have ours, But more of his are coming to our camp. It's just business as usual in the pen/woodturning world.
 
philbaldwin said:
Saw this and thought, blatant copy!!

Also love how a hose-clip thats worth pennies, for $2.29!!!
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But the hose clamp does have a key handle rather than a 5/16 nut with a screwdriver slot. And why on earth would you want you tool rest to revolve? So you can jam it into or under your work piece? I hate it when my tool rest goes under a spinning chunk of wood, it makes an awful sound and messes up the turning.
 
I thought the hose clamp thing was just so you could remove the tool rest and then put it back at the exact same height. Was the idea so that it could revolve? If so, I'm with you guys, that really DOESN'T make sense...
 
Honestly, I'm not seeing how that new tool is substantially different from their other easy roughers. As to who stole from who, who knows and who cares? Were either the first to build a tool that uses carbide planer inserts?

As to which is best, I'm going with Ken. I don't know much about anything, but it seems that 1/2 inch is better than 3/8.

For myself, however, I'll just toss my own together for much less than anyone is selling them for.
 
glycerine said:
I thought the hose clamp thing was just so you could remove the tool rest and then put it back at the exact same height. Was the idea so that it could revolve? If so, I'm with you guys, that really DOESN'T make sense...
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I think that the idea is that the hose clamp allows you to adjust the angle of your toolrest without having to worry about the height. I'm sure that the toolrest is meant to be locked into position while the lathe is running. If you think about turning a bowl for example, as you form the shape of the bottom of the bowl, you will want your toolrest to be angled over the ways of your lathe, but as you move toward the bowl's lip, you will have to move the toolrest into a position that is closer to parallel with the bed ways in order to not have your gouge extended too far over the rest to be safe. In order to make that move, you unlock your toolrest and have to reset both the angle and the height. With the hose clamp in place, you only have to worry about the angle, the height will stay constant. Worth $2.95 plus shipping? Not to me. Worth a couple of cents at the BORG... maybe, but probably not.
 
glycerine said:
I thought the hose clamp thing was just so you could remove the tool rest and then put it back at the exact same height. Was the idea so that it could revolve? If so, I'm with you guys, that really DOESN'T make sense...
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That's the only thing that makes sense, I just put a stack of 1 in washers under the crossbar on my big lathe, so I can change the angle of the rest, BUT if you're using a carbide tool chances are that hose clamp isn't going to hold the height position any way.
 
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