Typical bevel grinds

Hi George

Get the wolverine sharpening setup and mark the angels you have, than you can keep the same angles or find them back after you have changed them As for angels everyone has their own and they are all more or less the same, some examples, roughing gouge 45', spindle gouge 30', skew 25', scrapers 80', parting tool 30' bowl gouge 40', all these are approx angels, change to your abilities and use.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

I buy only quality gouges but have never bought one whose edge was properly shaped from the factory. I have a 36 grit wheel which I use to get it from what the factory sent to what it needs to be.

The Wolverine jig or some similar jig is the way to go. Also, I'm sure that you know someone who could teach you how to get the proper shape and walk you through getting your tools usable.

Bill

George H Hughes wrote:

Is one place to look, though you already know the real answer - grind it to do the task you want it to do. The other answer, grind it as the gage will let you do has already been given, and may or may not match your tools and style, though perhaps you could adapt if you purchased one.

George Hughes:

I am not sure, but I think most of the tools that you buy are simply ground at a flat 45 degree angle, except scrapers which are somewhere around 60 degrees.

In talking to the Sorby rep, he said that they felt like most people that bought their tools were not going to use the grind that came with it (our club has found that to be incorrect) and that all would quickly grind the tool to the bevel they prefer. However, in club we have found this takes some time depending on whether you are turning with others, taking classes, or turning on your own. Turning on you own will take you longer to decide as you will be limited to your own imagination to develop your own technique and grind.

If you are not comfortable establishing the "Hughes grind" now, go back where you bought your tools and measure the angle. Take you digital camera with you and snap a picture even!

You might be heartened to know that the reknowned Stuart Batty has decided for his own tools (this was relayed to me by someone that had dinner with him) he is simply grinding everything at 45 degrees, no matter what. That way he doesn't keep up with any jigs, settings, etc. The shape of the grind is different, but the angle is all 45.

Robert

George.. you might think "outside the box" and do it the other way around: Play with the bevel that you're using now and if it works well, build a jig to get that angle every time, so you'll be consistent.. YMMV

Mac

I was hoping someone could point us to a site that would show pictures of all the various profiles, eg the 'Irish', the 'fingernail' the 'roughing', the 'this' and the 'that' and what have you, complete with suggested bevel grind angles and techniques to get there. This information is probably available for the various grinds/profiles but, I think, all on different sites. Such info would probably save a lot of steel by narrowing the expirementation window. Sounds like a project.

Tom

The only site I am aware of that details numerous user grinds is:

FWIW,

Greg G.