Our demonstrator this month was member Phil Holtan. Phil discussed may aspects of sharpening. Honing was one
topic, here Phil holds one of Alan Lacers diamond stones. He also brought a recent addition, a jig that allows quick and easy setup for sharpening an Ellsworth type grind on your bowl gouge. Here is the Ellsworth jig being used in the jig. Here the side part of the grind is being sharpened, and also the other side. There are many different angles that can be ground on a bowl gouge, here's a photo showing the angle of the handles with the cutting edges all in the same plane.
Phil has each toolrest on his grinder set to the proper angle for sharpening, here a skew is being sharpened. Here's a closeup. Back to the hone, here a scraper is being touched up.
If you are feel good with freehand sharpening, Phil shows us the proper method to do so on a bowl gouge. Here is a short video clip. |
