hughie
6th September 2007, 11:15 PM
I came across this site with a couple of interesting grinds for bowl gouges.
I have included the comments from the site re the two grinds.
Be interested in your comments and evaluation of the these two
For starting the hollowing of the cap he uses a gouge with a special grind. The bevel is convex to give it a short fulcrum when changing direction. The sides of the gouge are also ground convex. This limits the depth of cut when plunging to about 1/8" and increases control. He passed the gouge around, so I took a picture (Figure 7).<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P> </O:P>
http://davidreedsmith.com/Articles/2002Symposium/2002AAWSymposium.htm
The last rotation I watched on Saturday was Michael Hosaluk-Box Making with a Twist. Michael started with a long square of wood between centers and turned a tenon for his chuck at each end. He had modified the corners of his P&N roughing gouge (although Michael didn't mention it at the demo, he imports P&N tools. I have some and they are excellent. You wouldn't believe how solid the roughing gouge is) to let him turn square shoulders for the tenons. Figure 9 shows the modification.<O:P> </O:P>
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I have included the comments from the site re the two grinds.
Be interested in your comments and evaluation of the these two
For starting the hollowing of the cap he uses a gouge with a special grind. The bevel is convex to give it a short fulcrum when changing direction. The sides of the gouge are also ground convex. This limits the depth of cut when plunging to about 1/8" and increases control. He passed the gouge around, so I took a picture (Figure 7).<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P> </O:P>
http://davidreedsmith.com/Articles/2002Symposium/2002AAWSymposium.htm
The last rotation I watched on Saturday was Michael Hosaluk-Box Making with a Twist. Michael started with a long square of wood between centers and turned a tenon for his chuck at each end. He had modified the corners of his P&N roughing gouge (although Michael didn't mention it at the demo, he imports P&N tools. I have some and they are excellent. You wouldn't believe how solid the roughing gouge is) to let him turn square shoulders for the tenons. Figure 9 shows the modification.<O:P> </O:P>
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