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17th November 2013, 12:25 AM #16
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17th November 2013, 12:34 PM #17Intermediate Member
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Thanks for the offer , I will probably go to the forum get together on the 24th with one of my mates who is also interested in wood turning although I have a party I am going to the night before so if I'm not to exhausted I will go.
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18th December 2013, 12:00 PM #18Intermediate Member
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Just a quick question, what are peoples thoughts on the GPW deluxe sharpening jig? I have tried to go without a sharpening jig for a while now but I can't seem to get a good edge on my bowl gouge and GPW is the closest place that sells a jig.
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18th December 2013, 12:18 PM #19Retired
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Excellent. It look like a copy(?) of the oneway system which I use.
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18th December 2013, 12:25 PM #20Intermediate Member
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great I will see if I can get it today. It doesn't appear to have a arm for doing bowl gouges with an ellsworth grind though, so where would I buy one of those?
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18th December 2013, 12:38 PM #21... Steve
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18th December 2013, 12:54 PM #22
I just read through the pdf instructions for the GPW deluxe jig, (pic attached), and it appears to already include an arm for fingernail grinds, the 'side-grind' attachment:
GPW Deluxe Sharpening Jig.JPG... Steve
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If you have all these bits: https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...hXp_jsFIX4WIk1
You can do an Ellsworth grind by adjusting the jig and the extension of the tool in front of the jig.
You might want to do a milder grind - swept back or Irish grind, and get some practice before you go to the Ellsworth.
The Ellsworth can be quite aggressive and if you are not used to how fast and deep it cuts on the inside of a bowl, it can get exciting. As in the bowl going off to the farther parts of the shed, hopefully missing your head on the way.
At the least you can get a very deep spiral trench.
The fingernail grind here: http://www.d-waytools.com/images/too...l-gouge-lg.jpg
is as much as I'm comfortable with. I have one about half way between the fingernail and the bottom feeder for the inside bottoms of bowls.
In exchange for tuning a lathe, I was given a used Thompson 5/8 inch (actual size of tool) bowl gouge with an Ellsworth grind. I had been doing bowls about 3 years so I had a go with it. It was too much, too fast for me. With successive sharpenings I eased it back to the fingernail grind. I've been doing bowls about 6 years now and am more comfortable with the fingernail grind and a blunter one for the inside bottom.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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