Sharpening a pitted outcannel gouge

Re: Sharpening a pitted outcannel gouge

Dan Donaldson

>If it is a carving gouge, then there is no problem. I put a small inside bevel on almost all of my carving gouges. This was from a recommendation by Lee Grindinger, and it does make the gouges work better for carving.

Same message from Nora Hall

Wiley Horne--Glendora CA

>She polishes a slight and gradual taper (I wouldn't really call it a bevel) on the inner surface of all the outcannel gouges she sent me. Less than 5 degrees overall on this inner surface, maybe 3 degrees.

Wiley

Saving gouges

Bob Hackett

>afew of the things that have worked for me on pitted gouges are;honing on a back(inside)bevel,turning a heavy hook on the edge with a burnisher(pushing the pits up toward the inside) and then honing(this only works if there`s light pitting).

If there`s heavy pitting and it`s a good quality gouge that I want to save I just grind the inside pits away using a sanding drum of the correct size and working thru the grits.I do the final honing with fine sandpaper wrapped around a dowel.

You can always make the gouge an incannel gouge if the pits are deep.An incannel comes in handy more than you`d think,especially for roughing.

I`ve come across afew laminated gouges and it seems that the softer steel pits quicker than the hard.If you have a very early laminated gouge you may want to be sure you`re not repeating someone`s mistake and grinding it wrong leaving you trying to cut with soft steel,I`ve seen this more than once.Rescued a Vaughn&Pardoe that was done like that,wonder if the fellow ever figured out why his gouge quit holding an edge.

Mainely,Bob

Re: Sharpening a pitted outcannel gouge

Paul In NJ

>A inner bevel is ok as long as your not going to cope with the gouge. You will have to sharpen the outer bevel at a shallower angle to keep the total angle the same.

Paul Dzioba

Depends

Chris Knight

>If not a carving gouge, then in and out cannel gouges were often pattern-makers' gouges that have a definite radius. Creating a secondary bevel will change this.

If you don't mind that then a secondary bevel will be fine, as will grinding away enough to get rid of pitting. Seeing the tool is useless as it is, there seems no reason not to do this.