Fingernail Gouge Grinding Jig

Sharpening jig for woodturning gouges. I have the wolverine grinding jig from oneway and thats what i use to go along with jigs like this. I will show you how to use the oneway wolverine grinding jig system and vari grind attachment and a standard.

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Dont let the weight of a long gouge and handle push the jig forward in the cradle.

Fingernail gouge grinding jig. Bowl gouge fingernail profile sharpening jig is made with a 10mm round bar pivot rod this bowl gouge jig gives you the long grind known as the ellsworth fingernail grind. Grinding an elsworth or fingernail grind for woodturning gouges. To use this jig just set the tip of you gouge 2 inches from your jig and lock the gouge in place with a thumb screw. You have to know or learn about steel that is the steel used in your tools.

To make a fingernail gouge grinding jig reasons. Sharpening gouges with a jig. Making a jig for consistent grinds of fingernail sometimes also called the elsworthirish grind for both bowl and spindle gougesusing only scraps and left over material mostly. When actually sharpening gouges with a jig or completing a new grind set the tool in the jig using the templates.

In a perfect world you will see a perfect silver stripe top to bottom the same on. Homemade fingernail grinding jig for woodturning spindle and bowl gouges from scraps. It gets complicated really fast. Very effective on taking out the bowl interior and external work.

The vari grind combines the roll and swing motion into one easily controlled movement that results in an edge so perfect youll be. Grinding difficult fingernail profiles on shallow spindle gouges and side grinds on deep fluted bowl gouges is quick and easy when you use the new vari grind fingernailside grinding jig. Basic fingernail gouge grinding jig. 82 fingernail gouge details.

One of the toughest choices i had to make when getting started in wood turning was deciding which type of woodturning gouge or wood turning chisel to purchase and use. Grind the wing on one side then the other taking care to keep their tops level and at the required sweep angle. Grinding the fingernail grind on the oneway wolverine system. This jig will aid the forming of a fingernail profile on a spindle gouge and a bowl gouge it does however provide only limited ability to alter the bevel angle because of its fixed nature.

This is used to check that you have the gouge face flat in the jig and not rotated. Homemade fingernail grind jig measurements and details dan walker. To get the 550 swept back grind i set the extension leg of the wolverine vari grind jig to the third position and i slide the v arm up to the grinding wheel until my existing 550 bowl gouge face bevel is flush with the grinding wheel.