skewchigouge

Ken Grunke wrote in news:4272f94c$1_1@127.0.0.1:

Patriarch, new to this turning thing, but learning quickly...

-- Tony the Turner

I call mine Martha.

Grind the top face to the curvature of your wheel--then you don't have to take more than half the thickness of the shaft away, just keep going back as you grind the tip.

For shapes, look in your silverware drawer. I have long, gently curved sides on my main spoongouge for shear-scraping the inside of small hollow forms. The tip is rounded off to a radius of probably 1/16".

I have a pretty steep, keen bevel on the end, but it gets blunter around to the sides. Don't think much about that when grinding, I just swing the tool around from the tip and twirl it a bit as I grind the bevel on each side.

It's basically a tool that designs itself as you use it--you grind it to suite your particular purposes.

Ken Grunke

Ken Grunke wrote in news:4273ad0c$1_1@127.0.0.1:

Patriarch

Hi Patriarch, To shape or sharpen Allan Beecham's original skewchigouge, you might want to consider the tip's profiles in this way until you find some web pics. Ground from round bar stock, from above looking down, the tip's top surface is broadly round or oval, ie. not pointed. ____________ _shank_______O

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Arch) wrote in news:23709-42746181-447@storefull-

While not a 4mb .jpg, the picture conveyed the point well. Thank you, sir.

Patriarch