How To Make A Gouge Sharpening Jig

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How to make a gouge sharpening jig. This instructional woodworking video to make a wooden jig for sharpening gouge tools on a grinding wheel. Make a sharpening jig set up for bowl gouges. WOOD magazines Brian Simmons shows you step by.

This HD video shows you how to grind and sharpen a Swept Back Irish or Ellsworth grind on a woodturning bowl gouge. Place the extending bowl gouge tip in the measuring jig to the predetermined two-inch depth and tighten the hand screw. A sharp bowl gouge ensures better safer cutting when turning a bowl.

As from 2016 this jig has been replaced with the SVD-186 Gouge Jig. Learn how to sharpen your bowl gouge. 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.

Al takes a common sense approach to making woodturning tools that will save you a ton of money. Grind the wing on one side then the other taking care to keep their tops level and at the required sweep angle. The jig makes sharpening a gouge almost foolproof so you can get back to wood turning.

I didnt know how to polish it so I made a sharpening jigIts still awkward. These sharpening jigs give consistent grinds. In the video below he shows you some of his favorite tools and how he made them from either old broken or leftover tools that are made.

Dont let the weight of a long gouge and handle push the jig forward in the cradle. 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. My setup uses the Oneway Wolverine Shar.