roughing gouge

[mat_au]

well was watching a video on wood turning and noticed this guy roughing gouge had swept back wings, like a bowl gouge for example.

just wondering if this is a common thing or a specialty thing??

or has anyone done this?

[Pat]

Mat, have you got a link to this vid.

I relieve the corners off my SRG, but the profile for 95% is straight line.

[mat_au]

im trying to find it again but it looked like a roughing gouge with an Ellsworth grind

[Christos]

I think two of our members of the wood turning group has something similar to what you have described. I should have asked to borrow it when I had the chance as the ones that I have are all square to the turning. The wings for mine are very slightly rounded to prevent catches at least that's the theory.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

It depends on what you use 'em for.

I have a smallish 1" RG that I use primarily for roughing blanks into cylinders. I leave that square across to reduce the number of trips to the grinder... I simply roll it to present a "fresh" edge until the whole edge needs a touch up.

I also have a larger (40mm OD?) one that I grind with swept back wings. Almost a large fingernailed detail gouge profile, but I wouldn't call it an ellsworth. :no: This is because I use it to rough curved, concave sweeps into some forms and the... lack(?) ...of wings means I can safely achieve a tighter curve. Increased versatility there means more trips to the grinder though. :shrug:

[turnerted]

Mat
If you Google a Utube by Todd Hartzell doing a demo for WGNC ,you will see a demo of a roughing gouge sharpened like this.About 16 minutes in.
I don't know how to do the link, but maybe someone else can do it.
Ted

[Pat]

Here are some examples, Kelton 19mm Bowl Gouge, P & N 22mm Supa Gouge and P & N 32mm SRG.

The Kelton and Supa Gouges are used for roughing bowl "blanks", usually pieces of log split in half and edges knocked off with a chainsaw.

[Pat]

Ted, is this the one?


http://youtu.be/lMQSfAxuL8g

[Mobyturns]

Its a "continental roughing gouge" with a typical grind. Popular in Europe & turners like Eli Avisera market their own versions. Hartzell's has a deeper flute than most.

[turnerted]

Yes Pat .Thats the one.
Ted

[mat_au]

yes it was something like that but a normal U shaped roughing gouge

[tea lady]

Hmm. I'm not going to watch an hour of video to find the bit with the roughing gouge.

Anyway. Roughing with a bowel gouge works pretty well. Works on softer woods better. and maybe smaller dimensions. But you sort of have the handle leading. :think: pretty hard to explain. ..... to get the whole of the wing working. I guess it will require another video to explain.

[tea lady]

Hmm. Found it. At the 16 ish minute mark. Roughing gouge with swept back wings. I'm not sure he was using it the best way. ....

[Paul39]

I do mostly bowls, with a few weed pots and tool handles. I don't as yet have a roughing gouge. I use a 5/8 inch bowl gouge with a slightly swept back grind or a heavy 5/8 inch scraper for roughing spindles.

About half of my spindle blanks are quartered logs. The above seems to knock off the corners quickly enough.