The Big Ugly Tool with Fred Uggla

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David Walser

Wow! Thanks, Robo and Fred for an interesting demo.

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Doug

Reed and Fred

Thanks it is always good to watch a production turner at work. When you guys make the big ugly is silver solder the only way or can you braze the two together?

Thanks Doug

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robo hippy

Standard flux and solder do not work, the solder will not wick all the way in, and that is why the ribbon is necessary. I have no idea about the specifics of it since the only thing I really know how to do with a torch is to set off fire works, and that torch won't do for this application.

robo hippy

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Tom Albrecht

I watched this, since I subscribe to your channel. It is really impressive.

Even if you made a handle for each end, which I would prefer, Fred makes some pretty convincing points and some awesome work with the "Big Ugly".

Hmm, kind of redefines a lot of benchmarks for tools.

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robo hippy

What I found interesting, after having a few days to think about how he uses his scrapers, he does it pretty much the same way I do, or the other way around since he has been at it a bit longer than I have. I don't care for the square shanks, and prefer flat bar, and I need to grind a couple to 60 degree bevels to see what they do. Scrapers are more useful than many think.

robo hippy

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Doug Ladendorf

Thanks for setting that up and sharing Reed. Interesting how he uses it as a bevel rubbing tool. I don't think I could get comfortable with the gloves. Maybe a slip on leather handle instead that could be switched almost as quickly.

Doug

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David Walser

"...I don't think I could get comfortable with the gloves. Maybe a slip on leather handle instead that could be switched almost as quickly."

I wondered the same thing. However, it seems he turns a lot of dry wood. (Did you see those stacks of blanks at the beginning of the video? He evidently makes a lot of the same items and has learned how to do it very quickly.) I imagine that those shavings coming from dry wood are fairly hot. He might want to use gloves even if the tool were handled.

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robo hippy

Fred does supply a lot of the coastal tourist shops with myrtle wood bowls, which keeps him busy. He turns 800 or so per year, having taken over my other friend down there Larry Karlin's business. I did a sharpening clip with Larry a few years back as he does things differently than I do. I do prefer a wood handle, if for no other reason than they fit my hands better. Scrapers do deflect the chips up more, and since using them a lot for the last few years, I lost my bowl turner's callus on my left pinky finger, and I never did use gloves.

robo hippy