Gouge question

Not sure how to explain this question -

saw a couple of YouTube videos and noticed that one person was using the spindle gouge differently than I'd seen before.

I've seen the pulling cut on end grain where you insert the gouge and turn the face to the 10 o'clock position and pull towards you.

This guy was sort of doing that on the cylinder - he would go from right to left "normally" - with the gouge riding the bevel and the point of the gouge pointing in the direction of the cut. Then when he reached the left end, he just rotated the face 180 degrees and with the gouge still pointing to the left, pulled back to the right and continued the cut.

Is this a normal technique, advanced, unusual, etc.

Seems to me that for a newbie like me who keeps rapping his knuckles on the chuck that learning this technique might prove useful.

Just bothers me that it appears that he is not riding the bevel at all.

FWIW, from what I could see it appears that the wings of the gouge were ground back a bit.

Maybe I've missed something.

Thanx,

Vic

Reply to
Vic Baron
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Vic, how about a link to the video, if I could see what he is doing, I might be able to help you.

Reply to
Dan Kozar

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it looks like the gouge is pointed to 10 oclock and he's pulling from left to right - looks like it works fine but I'm curious. thanx!

Reply to
Vic Baron

I'm curious also, it sort of looks like he is using the gouge as a scraper.

Reply to
Dan Kozar

Pretty normal. Not particularly advanced, but maybe not something a newcomer would try intuitively. If you're cutting well at a particular point on the wood it doesn't really matter if you're moving left or right. At least when you're 'leveling' the wood. Normally you want to cut 'downhill' which, when spindle turning, means large diameter to smaller.

It's quite useful. Grab some scrap wood and start experimenting. Get the wood round, then just try duplicating what he was doing. I've no doubt you'll have one of those 'ah-ha' moments in short order.

Actually he is. But you have to remember that the bevel isn't just on the tip of the gouge. It's also on the side so if he has his gouge pointed in one direction or the other he's just riding the bevel on the wing rather than the tip.

Yup. It's called a fingernail grind. Having the wings ground back is a great way not to get catches!

Probably. There's a lot going on that isn't immediately obviously when one is turning. But as you try different things, you'll pick up on them...

...Kevin

Reply to
Kevin Miller

AH! Now it makes sense. Great explanation, Kevin - thanx. I can visualize the bevel now. Have to give that a try

Vic

Reply to
Vic Baron

Sounds to me like a pretty standard cut, one I learned from Bill Grumbine's video.. As Kevin said, If a cut works in one direction, it usually will work in the opther..

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Mac Davis

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