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wicked point tool

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wicked point tool

John K Jordan

In the recent Grind Angles thread, the profile in Kieth Tompkin's drawing "C"" reminded me of this tool I made some years ago. I call it the "wicked" point tool.

I think it cuts cleaner than the more common pyramid point tool. I used it today to put a radius inside a small hole. I use it for v-grooves on large diameter face work or anywhere the skew is not appropriate.

These are quick pictures with my cell phone but they should show the shape ok.


Very easy to grind, I use the same tool rest angle on the grinder for all three sides. The curve is from a 8" wheel. I never saw one like it but if someone has one like this, great, or maybe, great minds think alike. :-)

JKJ

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Keith Tompkins

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Keith Tompkins

Hey John, nice! the principle is the same...I'll bet it cuts with the flute straight up without catching on the sides. I made a similar tool, but the tool point is a steep cone with the same flat top. That way, I just drop it in the pocket and hit just the flat top.

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robo hippy

Looks similar to the 'Vortex' tool that Stuart Batty and Cindy Drozda use.

robo hippy

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John K Jordan

I thought about sharpening one like Cindy to try, with much longer bevels and ground/honed perfectly flat on the top. I have some nice Thompson steel round rods waiting for some action.

Besides the long top flat, hers also appears to have convex bottom grinds where all three of mine are concave. Mine will not cut the same way as the vortex but then the vortex probably won't work like mine either.

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robo hippy

Well, the fluteless gouge that Doug sells should work fine, and no need to flatten the top. When I looked at Stuarts, his appeared to have concave side grinds, but can't remember for sure.

robo hippy

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John K Jordan

>Well, the fluteless gouge that Doug sells should work fine,

>and no need to flatten the top.

I'm sure it does work fine. I have another fluteless gouge but not his. BTW, I watched your video and it was excellent. You are one of the best video presenters I've seen, always with clear and useful descriptions. The big wooden model was great! Reminded me of some of the visual aids that TubalCain uses in his machining videos.

Not to belabor the "point", but the point tool is a different tool for a completely different purpose.

JKJ