Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Got a bowl gouge today.
Robert Cox
>$20.50! It's a Benjamins Best from Penn state that they sell at the Capitol Area Woodturners meetings.
Reground it to something approximating an Ellsworth grind, turned it on its side and proceeded to rough out 2 bowls successfully!
I would have never turned it sideways if Charlie A hadn't shown me.
Roughs are waxed, weighed, marked and bagged.
It actually worked!
Re: Got a bowl gouge today.
Charlie Anderson in Southern Maryland
>Getting a working toolrest helped too.
Re: Got a bowl gouge today.
Robert Cox
>A little....
I resawed that piece to balance it. Trimmed a lot of corners off. It wasn'rt bad when I restarted on it.
Lesson learned.
Oh, and I kept to the middle of the rest till the riugh stuff was over.
Re: Got a bowl gouge today.
Mike Schwing from Md.
>You're a lucky sumbigde - I had to discover that on my own. I about gave up turning till I bought the Ellsworth video. Changed things forever.
Hmmm..wonder where Charlie learned that?
Re: Got a bowl gouge today.
Robert Cox
>OK, I can take a hint. Thanks for telling Charlie so Charlie could tell me.
Also, The demo today at the meeting was making chargers. CA Savoy used a bowl gouge so I got to see it in action.
