Ellsworth grind...

Re: Ellsworth grind...

Sean Troy

>I use a 1/2" Sorby bowl gouge ground with a swept back grind. I finish the inside with a 1 7/8" shallow roughing gouge reground upside down.

Re: Ellsworth grind...

Peter Teubel

>I use the swept back grind (aka Ellsworth grind) for everything (including finishing cuts) except roughing the blank round. For that, I use a 1/2" bowl gouge with the wings swept straight back (not curved back like the Ellsworth grind).

Re: Ellsworth grind...

Dinyar Chavda

>Actually, W.C., while what you say is true, in Elssworth's newer video re the signature gouge, he uses it for roughing also! WHether that is for promotional reasons, I cannot say. However, I used to use a traditional gouge for roughing, but no longer do so, having switched to the Ellsworth for roughing also---works great, actually.

Dinyar

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Wade Mackey

>I took a turning course from Dave about 2 years ago, The Ellsworth gouge was pretty much the only tool he used in the entire three day class. The only exception was when he did hollow forms and he swithed to his version of a hollowing tool.

Wade Mackey

Lancaster, PA

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W.C. Turner

>Do you have any pics showing how you rough with it?

Do you hold it on it's side and sweep it across the corner, as Ellsworth did the standard gouge?

Thanks,

W.C.

Depends

Mike Schwing from Maryland

>How I rough with it depends on a few factors. If its truing up a surface I won't expose much cutting edge and use mostly the tip, with the flute pointing in the direction I wish to go. If I'm hogging off a lot of waste, I'll use the side grind and rotate the flute up to about 10 o'clock. If the wood is willing to cooperate, you can hog off unbelievable amounts of material with each pass. Depends for me on the grain direction, wood species, and if its wet or dry. You have to have quite a good grip on the tool to do this as it will cause quite a bit of torsion as it tries to push that flute down. A little too much bite and you'll know it quick. As I get nearer a finishing cut I'll move back towards using more of the tip, and for final smoothing/leveling of a round surface - not the final shearing cuts, I'll use the side grind nearly horizontally.

I really didn't understand at all how to use this marvelous tool until I bought his signature gouge video. No one could have adequetely explained it to me with words. The thing that amazes me every time is the near complete lack of tearout.

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Dinyar Chavda

>Mike has said it all!

Yep

TDaniel

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