DO NOT USE A SPINDLE ROUGHING GOUGE ON BOWLS. My name is Ian Robertson (Robbo) and I have been a production woodturner for 30 years. It is how I make my living turning everything from huge posts to tiny eave finials and everything between and my safety record is impeccable. Our business has never had a lost time incident and we still have all our fingers. This video was made because of a discussion about using a Spindle Roughing Gouge on a bowl on the Woodworking Forums in Australia. Most tool manufacturers and most experienced woodturners warn against using the Spindle Roughing Gouge for this work, myself included after seeing a few accidents involving the use of this tool on cross grain work. The following video graphically displays what can happen one day, some day to turners that use this tool for this purpose through a moments inattention and using the Spindle Roughing Gouge for a purpose it was never designed for. This was a deliberate attempt to get the tool to catch and grab to explain what happens when it does but I did not expect the rather spectacular (and painful) outcome I achieved. Remember that this was done under controlled circumstances, imagine what could happen in an uncontrolled situation. DO NOT USE A SPINDLE ROUGHING GOUGE ON BOWLS. Gore warning at approximately 2:48.