Following up on last months Zoom video session on how to make the various grinds on a bowl gouge, Ernie Conover goes on to show the techniques for using a bowl gouge properly.
Thank your for your incredible knowledge!!!! Subscribed.. im gonna have to go back and watch some older ones. Ive been tirning a few years pretty seriously... At this point ive got all my jigs and sharpening system set up im now learning angles of tools and achieving perfect sharpness
I'm impressed. All this time I've been intimidated by the bowl gouge, until I stumbled on this video. Now I'm a subscriber. I enjoyed the video very much. Thanks for sharing you knowledge and time.
I've watched dozens of good videos over the last week and starting to get it. But I wish I had seen this one first! Thanks for the clear explanation and demonstration, especially how to feel for that sweet spot.
Excellent, clear video! Thank you. Lots of people have the skills, but don't actually know what they are doing to make it work. Your specific info about the position of the tool, position and pressure of left hand, rotating the tool and angling the tool to cut are all precise and specific enough that I will be able to build my own understanding of the tools behavior from those observations. It will be really helpful.
I'm glad I discovered this video. I just bought a 55° bowl gouge and I'm having a hard time getting it to cut. My old Bowl gouge is a much steeper angle and I can cut with it all day long. I think I've been working a little bit below Center Line. I'm going to try it tomorrow thanks for posting
Of course you can use a spindle detail gouge on a bowl, perfect for 'details' like beads. See Richard Raffan, who's been turning since the 70's and pretty well wrote the book on turning. ru-vid.com
what you show me is something i have been trying to do for a few mouth and i could not get it to cut the way i what it too . But you show me and explained it a way i understand and i try it , I did it the first it .
May I ask what "Grind Angle" the Bowl Gouge is that your using? Excellent demo, haven't seen things slowed down as such that I can actually see what's going on, what bevel angle I need to focus on and when. Thanks so much for your well explained demo :)
I am running small turning classes and private classes. Conditions are that you must be fully vaccinated and wear a mask where appropriate. Check on our website for class dates and the private page. Email or call if you have questions.
Outstanding tutorial Ernie. I always enjoy learning from you. Wish I could get some one on one with you but it's not possible these days. Maybe next year. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.
Your ability with a bowl gouge is impressive but to say that you can’t use a spindle gouge for face work is simply not the case. Watch what Richard Raffan does with them. True presenting in the manner you you showed is certainly not the true way to use it but it is very effective for both roughing and final finish cuts in bowl turning. You present much like a bowl gouge.
Saturday Jan 13 4:15 pm great video lots of information... how do you keep the gouge from bouncing on the bottom end cut? That's the issue I have so I use a round nose scraper to finish the bottom.
Generally raising the handle slightly when you first sense it cures the problem. If you wait until the bouncing gets pronounced you have to backup a bit and start a new cut.
I am not quite shure what you are asking here. The flute should always be tilted towards the direction of cut, so for inside cuts it would point to about 2:00 o'clock and for outside cuts (if the mouth of the bowl is towards the headstock) to about 11:00 o'clock.
