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21st February 2014, 12:40 PM #1Novice
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German spindle gouge: any experience?
Hello everybody, I recently purchased a "german" spindle gouge by Hamlet. It is a 3/4 inch (bevel), is very shallow and has the sides that end in a nice taper. I believe this is the main difference with the so called "continental" spindle gouges in which the sides are of the same thickness all around.
So today I tried it mainly to make shallow and long coves. It works very well and leaves a surface extremely smooth. I found that the best way to use it is different from the usual spindle gouge: instead of rotating the gouge on its axis (the tool tend to become very unstable when rotated) I follow the curve of the cutting edge thus moving the handle left or right on the same axis or rolling it only slightly and keeping it in contact wit the wood.
Being completely new to this tool I wonder if anybody can share with me its experience with this gouge, whose shape to me makes a lot of sense.
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