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					Originally Posted by  numbskull
					 
				 
				Have you tried a spokeshave? 
			
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  Thats exactly what I do most of my roughing out of a blank with.

 Its a small one perfect for plug sized work while the blank is held in my vise with a pair of rubber vice pads. I can get a blank pretty close to final shape with it.