How To Sharpen A Roughing Gouge Without A Jig

You might want to try keeping your hand steady while sharpening.

How to sharpen a roughing gouge without a jig. Small form scrapers are best ground to an edge on the table rest to about a 15 relief angle. Woodturning artist Nick Agar shows how to sharpen a roughing gouge with the Tormek Wet Sharpening SystemIn this film Nick uses the following productsWoodt. I often touch up at the lathe just with a diamond plate without going to the wheel.

You dont want to round over that edge you just want the burr gone. I touch the heel of the bevel to the wheel first and then tilt the bevel toward the wheel until I feel it make full contact. Sharpening without a Jig This is fairly the same process as before less the adjustments of the gouge to the jig.

Always use these gouges on material that is turned between centers and the wood fibers run parallel to the lathe bed. I hope you enjoy the show. You can always use a diamond or CBN card to sharpen and rely of the wheels when it is time to restore its shapeprofile.

This weeks video shows how I sharpen mine. In this third episode Nick Agar shows how to sharpen a roughing gouge with a few simple steps using the open seat of Tormeks Multi Jig SVS-50. In this third episode Nick Agar shows how to sharpen a roughing gouge with a few simple steps using the open seat of Tormeks Multi Jig SVS-50.

Then turn the gouge flute-down on the platform and grind the 40 degree sweep of the wings. 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. Practice keeping the angle fixed on the wheel quite a few times before you turn it on.

If you are extensively reshaping a gouge rough out the new grind on an angled platform before starting with the jig. Take the gouge you want to sharpen doesnt matter whether its big or small. Nick also demonstrates how to use the Tormek Marker Method when setting the angle and how to sharpen a custom skew shape on the side of Tormeks Diamond.