How To Sharpen A Bowl Gouge Without A Jig

Adjust the swinging arm until it is snug up against the bevel angle.

How to sharpen a bowl gouge without a jig. Lock the thumb screw and read the angle under the little tick mark indicator. Its just time consuming. 1 Position the bowl gouge in the jig with the pointed leg of the jig facing backward and down.

Look at the gap in the bowl gouge sharpening bevel angle. These sharpening jigs give consistent grinds. We demonstrate sharpening the roughing gouge without the use of the wolverine jig.

This process is optimal if youd like to replicate your tools factory grind. Sharpening for a workflow which uses multiple bowl gouges - consider A relief ground into the bottom part of the gouge helps reduce bruising the wood as the turner comes around the inside curve of the bowl. Place the base of the half circle of the protractor in the flute of the bowl gouge and rotate the arm to determine the current bevel angle.

Follow this step-by-step tutorial and learn to sharpen your woodturning bowl gouge. Videos you watch may be. The Tormek handbook Water Cooled Sharpening of Edge.

Put on your faceshield turn on the grinder and place your gouge on the toolrest at an angle so the middle of the bevel will touch the surface of the wheel. Place a pen or pencil along the side of the bowl gouge and use your thumb to mark the width of the gouge. Sharpening expert David Carter is sharpening a 58 bowl gouge using a sl.

Place the flat portion of the protractor base flush against the center of the bowl gouge flute. First well color the cutting edge of the gouge to determine if our grinding platform is set at the desired angle. For spindle gouges I go with the traditional fingernail grind.