Review - Ellsworth Bowl Gouge

[Dean]

http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/rev...hbowlgouge.htm

Hope it helps!

[rsser]

Anyone on the forum flush enough to have bought one?

(220+ at Timbecon; ouch).

[Dean]

I think the $220 one is the Pro-PM version. The regular Ellsworth gouge (as reviewed) is listed at $165.

[rsser]

Doh! You wrote the review ... ok, awake now.

[Dean]

[rsser]

btw ... one for Skew ;-}

http://www.amazon.com/709172-Alan-Be...0?ie=UTF8&s=hi

[Little Festo]

Dean,
Do you have any info re the grind. I have a Glaser V15 bowl gouge, it works very well as far as edge holding goes.

Peter

[Dean]

Dean,
Do you have any info re the grind. I have a Glaser V15 bowl gouge, it works very well as far as edge holding goes.

Peter

It has a hollow grind.
Is that what you wanted to know? I think I left that out of the review... Will add now.

[westpest]

After watching a DVD by Bill Grumbine from USA who uses this grind almost exclusively, I paid $149 from Timbercon and it is a pleasure to use. I use it for a number of things besides bowls and even some spindle work. My only problem is when I sharpen it I seem to end up with a slightly different grind from the original. I have tried the Tru-grind and a wet system with the Tormek jig but still not quite right. Perhaps persistence will prevail....

Ern, I bought mine about 12 months ago maybe they are now charging a lot more.

[rodent]

youll have to send off for his sharpening jig he makes it just for his chisels.

[tashammer]

roll vs rotate?

was this clear?

rotate as in present the tool tip to the stone and then rotate around the tools axis.

roll as in swing the tool covering almost 150 degrees or is that for lady's finger (i forget).

[TTIT]

I must be missing something here! Why is the chisel so damned expensive? I put the same profile on a P&N bowl gouge I picked up at a garage sale for $5. All that money just for a different grind
I mentioned this grind on a thread a while back saying I wouldn't be with out my P&N's with the Ellsworth grind and my original Henry Taylor gouge - but in truth, I haven't used old Henry since These days I use the Ellsworth grind for just about everything - very versatile profile but I'm damned if I'd pay that much for a standard bowl gouge just for a different grind

[rsser]

The grind looks a bit different to me Vern, tho certainly not $140 worth of difference. The sides of the bevel look longer and the tip more vertical on the Ellsworth.

[TTIT]

The grind looks a bit different to me Vern, tho certainly not $140 worth of difference. The sides of the bevel look longer and the tip more vertical on the Ellsworth.

Right you are Ern (as always! ). I recently extended the sides of mine so it's closer than it used to be to the real thing. I also tried the more vertical tip once but went back to my original angle - I found it easier to blend sections with it there.

[rsser]

Ironically I tried the Irish grind on the Supa-gouge and didn't like it much ... wouldn't keep an edge on the stuff I was turning, so it was back to the conventional profile and back to the Taylor superflute