How To Make A Gouge Sharpening Jig

This instructional woodworking video to make a wooden jig for sharpening gouge tools on a grinding wheel.

How to make a gouge sharpening jig. Learn how to sharpen your bowl gouge. These sharpening jigs give consistent grinds. Dont let the weight of a long gouge and handle push the jig forward in the cradle.

The jig makes sharpening a gouge almost foolproof so you can get back to wood turning. I have the Wolverine Grinding Jig from OneWay and thats what I use to go along with jigs. HelloNot long ago after I started a woodworking lathe I bought a bowl gouge.

Sharpening gouges with a jig When actually sharpening gouges with a jig or completing a new grind set the tool in the jig using the templates. WOOD magazines Brian Simmons shows you step by. Woodturning bowl gouge from an old 12 drill bit Make Your Own Bowl Gouge from Steel cold Chisel Profiles of custom made woodturning bowl gouges Al makes his own hollowing tool with home depot steel and carbide insert cutter.

This HD video shows you how to grind and sharpen a Swept Back Irish or Ellsworth grind on a woodturning bowl gouge. Grind the wing on one side then the other taking care to keep their tops level and at the required sweep angle. I need to sharpen almost all of my chisels and plane blades so Ive decided to make this simple sharpening jig to streamline and improve the processMore in.

My setup uses the Oneway Wolverine Shar. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon. Place the extending bowl gouge tip in the measuring jig to the predetermined two-inch depth and tighten the hand screw.

Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon. When sharpening a bowl gouge with an already established bevel angle start by placing the bowl gouge in the Wolverine Vari-Grind Jig and snug the hand screw. To use this jig just set the tip of you gouge 2 inches from your jig and lock the gouge in place with a thumb screw.