Sometimes I feel like you're reading my mind James. The tips for your method on sharpening your gouge is exactly what I needed. Thanks for another informative video!
Thank you so much. I got a second hand lathe and tools and the chisels came sharpened. I have used them a bit but wasn’t game to try sharpening. Love the way you explain things.
Brilliant video dude! Really wanting to get into wood carving and whitling and trying to absorb as much information as possible before I spend money on tools and equipment! Thankyou for the information 🙂
LOL... Toss me your old ones guy i would be telling him lol.. He probably uses the flexcut interchangeable ones that are just a bit that goes into a handle or he is insanely rich lol... I have a set of those i take out in the woods with me they are decent tools.. And inexpensive..
🍒 = ❤️ one love! "Les deux cerises" chisel and gouges are very good tool! I have 12 chisel's and i never change this! Good demonstration! Thank's for that! Big up from France! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
THANKS FOR SHARING these are good techniques..i was close but no cigar..haha! But now ik what i did wrong and ruined them..lol QUESTION: CAN I SHARPEN A BOWL GOUGE (for the lathe) USING THIS TECHNIQUES/METHODS
With diamond plates. Most anything will do. You just need something to clear the steel off. The nice thing about a window cleaner is that it evaporates quickly so that your plates don't rust. If you're working with an actual stone then you don't want to use window cleaner for that. Did you know want to use a water or an oil depending on the type of stone.
Is there anything special about the leather of the strop? I've just picked up a lathe & chisels. I have an assortment of leather around including some heavy veg-tanned leather and some oiled leather. Overall a great video. Thanks
As a very rough guide, how often would you come back to the strop? I know this would depend on the wood type, but if you could give a few examples? .. Lots of love,
Can but it's more difficult with the long handles. Usually with those I prefer to take the stone to the tool then the tool to the stone. But it's the same geometry.
thanks .. nice work. I would ask about a buffering compound .. from when we can get ? if we can't find it . what is the alternative ? thanks in advance.
On your hands no problem. And one of the reasons to use a lapping fluid is that it keeps it out of the air so you're not breathing it in. But even then it's not that much of an issue. It's basically just dust that you breathe in on a regular basis.
you could but it would not work as well. lubrication on diamonds is not there to make a slurry but to move steel shards out of the way. oil would not help that. but on an oil stone it works well to make the slurry needed to cut the steel.
I believe the one I showed there was a 65° 8 mm. But I have several of them. I find around 65 to 60° is about the one I use the most. Somewhere around 6 to 8 mm.
it all depends on what you want to make. I have a few videos on beginner set of tools or first tools to get, but I normally tel people to get the tools they need for the next step in a project rather then getting tools that they might need in the future.
Yes. I find them to be the best bang for the buck in my book. There are better chisels out there, but I have not found many that can match the price point and be this good.
you're not going to tell us about the grits on your diamond stones because they do not equate too traditional wet stones. well it still would be useful if we want to go out and buy the same ones you have.
I have the exact ones I have listed in the description. They changed the names a couple times though. Currently the names they use are course, fine, and extra fine
Love the video... and if you had Green hands my visual would be complete. Anyone ever tell you talk a little like Kermit the Frog? 5:47 It's a compliment, not an insult. Anyway thanks I learned how to sharpen my gouges. My dad left to me when he passed and I want to take good care of them.
Loved your video. Very efficient and you get right to the important points without wasting time unlike so many other videos that turn around the pot forever and waste the audience time only to find out they are not really experts. You have an extremely high "like" rate on your video with near zero dislikes. Absolutely love your efficiency.
For an in-cannel gouge do you have to use a slip stone or some other rounded sharpening stone. The other option is to put sandpaper on a dowel to match the curvature on the inside.
Sure. You just have to be very careful not to round over the edge. The problem with cotton buffing wheels is they have a tendency to make the edge blunt by rounding it over. So you can't put much pressure on it.
Just what I needed. I was handed down a set of special gouges and chisels. I need to sharpen them more, they're about 150 grit sharp now, but I meant to find one of these demonstrations.
I’m a woodworker and I found 16 antique Japanese woodcarving tools in a ammo box in the garage. Beautiful and very well made I just need to learn how to sharpen because they are very dull. Thanks and Semper Fi,Doc
That is one of the difficult skills that you really can't learn from a video. I can show you the technique but there are so many tiny little muscle movements that can't be described. Unfortunately, unless you have someone there who can check those, the only way to learn is just a lot of trial and error. Most people who learn on their own usually take a couple years of doing it before it becomes natural.
Here you go. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jzsy9KlCIkg.html different people like different thing things, but for most wood workers horse butt is the best.
What angle do you profile your gouges at please James? I sharpen my bench chisels at 25° with a 30° micro bevel. I bought some (cheap) carving chisels and the angle must have a bevel of close to 50°. I have spent all morning changing the bevel on my smallest gouge and had to remove heck of a lot of metal to get it close to my bench chisel. I don’t want to spend a fortune on carving chisels yet, I don’t want to waste a fortune on tools I might not be able to do it with my difficulties. I also bought cheap bench chisels which have lasted me my first 12 months. I was putting the same philosophy into my carving chisels, but I might have come unstuck here. Thank you for another excellent video.
What would you recommend if my strop’s leather bit doesn’t come off like yours? Is it still possible to hone a v-tool and gouge with a strop that’s attached to a block of wood?
You need to be able to hone the inside. So either you can get another piece to use or you can create a shaped strop. You can do that by carving a piece of wood to match the inside profile and then applying your holding compound to that
Thanks for the video! It was very helpful! I just have a question. I use very small and delicate engraving chisels, the kind thay is smaller than an index fingernail in terms of width. They are gouges, i think, since they have a gentle curve or bend in them, resembling a U or V shape. Since they are my first ever chisels, they are chipped. How would i repair them? Would i slowly and gently work down the blade's bevel until the chips are gone? Would i use a jeweler's file and flatten the tip, then resharpen?
Usually you just keep working on the bevel until the chip is gone. If you want to grind the tip back to the chip you can You're just still going to be doing all of the bevel work bringing it back down to sharp. It's just personal preference between the two.
Thank you so much! I knew how to sharpen a pocket knife but never sharpened carving tools, and just learned that I was doing it wrong the whole time! I always thought you just moved it forward on the stone, never back and forth. And I've never used a strop. I will get one.
Well if you have a wet stone you only want to pull it back. otherwise, you will often round the tip on the push or gouge the stone. but on diamonds that is not a worry. If you want a strop these are the ones I make and use every day. www.woodbywright.com/shop/strop
there is no "best" but in my book nothing beats PFEIL amzn.to/3d0AIvy next would be Two cherries and then a bunch of others. but different people like different chisels.
Good video but no mention of incannel, where the bevel is on the inside and the one I used in joinery back in the 60's and a slipstone is useful. Thanks James
what is the correct angle on the back of the chisels , or is it preference ? I have a new set and it seems like they're too angled to be used . I tried my V - tool but couldn't get a cut with it , I had to hold it at almost a 90 degree angle. Thanks for any replies
for most carving tools it is 25-20 (or lower) degrees. most bench chisels are 25-30 degrees. it sounds like you might be using one from a harbor freight set?
I have inherited some old carving tools that someone has appeared to try to sharpen and such what is the proper angle for the Bellow on a v gouge and a normal gouge?
Hello. I see you have a V tool at 4:54 minutes in the video. I think this is a model Two Cherries (Kirschen) 3239, can you check it, please? I need an important information: can this model of chisel 3239 be used without a mallet or hammer, as a palm chisel? Or it needs to be used with a mallet/hammer? I want to order one, but I need it to be a palm tool. Thank you! Do you happen to know what angle is it sharpened from the factory?
Yes that's the same one I have. Any good carving chisel can be used with just hand force. It all comes down to how well it's sharpened. Almost all carving chisels are sharpened at around 20°. This one included.
I haven't strted carving yet, but soon! The material in your box, is the first one , the one you use most often like a leather belt, and would an old leather belt work? I've got some stones, but I have to check to see if I have a super fine one. Thank you for your videos, I hope to learn a lot from you so I can still be creative without breathing the saw dust from my scroll saw which has damaged my lungs. You mentioned some sort of sharpen compound. WHat kind of compound and where can I buy some. Like I said, I'm new, OLD, but new at this.
sure any leather would work fine. I know a few people that use a belt as a strop. I prefer Horse butt as it is harder but they all work. I use zinc oxide for my hoeing compound. I sell both on my web site if you want to see more. www.woodbywright.com/shop/honingcompound
@@WoodByWright Once again I owe you my thanks. I hope I am not being a pest, please forgive if I am. I'm just excited about learning something new and something so creative. Thanks again. I'll check out your web site.
Thanks James, gonna have to try this technique next time i get the carving tools out. I think that curve at the point is critical to get it sharp and angled correctly with the sides. Great video as usual.
Hi James great video. James what is the most positive angle to do the fist and proceeding sharpening , Do the carving chisels need to be shaped from new on a cheap set of tools thank you I enjoy your videos Jphn
Most carving chisels are sharpened to somewhere around 20 to 25°. But that can very wildly depending upon their intended use. There really isn't such a thing as a cheap carving tool. If it is less than $20 a piece. They are usually not usable as carving tools. If It is a respectable brand. It will come from the store sharpened and ready to go.
Just a note that the Two Cherries bevels May be less than 20 degrees for their carving chisels (their web site mentions 17 for several of their carving chisels).
I am not sure what you are referring to. here are the 4 things I was using here. if I am missing one let me know. DMT Diamond Stones: amzn.to/2oppz0J (I use Extra-coarse, Medium-fine, and Extra-fine) Leather strop: amzn.to/2rfpldp Carving kit: amzn.to/2kf8Wjb Honing compound - amzn.to/2rdZrs9 or if you are referring the sharpening holder here is where I made that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VDqgVUeCDmc.html
