How To Sharpen A Roughing Gouge Without A Jig

Take the flat stones 250 grit 600 grit and 1200 grit and apply glass cleaner fluid on top of them to lubricate the surface to make sure that particles have grit.

How to sharpen a roughing gouge without a jig. I do remove them. At Lathe Tools UK we have dedicated ourselves to making top quality sharpening jigs that are simple to use whilst giving you the uniform sharp bevel edge we all need time after time. Always use these gouges on material that is turned between centers and the wood fibers run parallel to the lathe bed.

1 Position the bowl gouge in the jig with the pointed leg of the jig facing backward and down. This video demonstrates how to sharpen a roughing gouge with a grinder wheel. Found the video with the roughing gouge.

Paul shows how to sharpen a gouge using his standard method rocking the gouge side to side. Bowl Gouge Sharpening Techniques. Now that I have considerable experience with free-hand sharpening Im more likely to approach the wheel with the tool at an angle of 30 - 45º as opposed to having it almost horizontal as described above.

Its just time consuming. Sharpening a roughing gouge is one of the easiest lathe chisels to sharpen. DO NOT USE the roughing gouge on end grain.

When in use scrapers do not cut with a sharp edge presented at an acute angle in. You might want to try keeping your hand steady while sharpening. Small form scrapers are best ground to an edge on the table rest to about a 15 relief angle.

I often touch up at the lathe just with a diamond plate without going to the wheel. After a few tries it goes real easy. You can always use a diamond or CBN card to sharpen and rely of the wheels when it is time to restore its shapeprofile.