How to Sharpen a Gouge | Paul Sellers
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2017
- Paul shows how to sharpen a gouge using his standard method, rocking the gouge side to side. He uses flat stones, in this case diamond stones in coarse (250), fine (600) and super fine (1200) grit, followed by a strop charged with buffing compound. Then you’re ready for carving.
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Paul, I have watched all of your videos and enjoyed each one. So I was going to post a comment and looked at several responses to you and your abilities. I don't know what makes people troll youtube to post nasty comments. But please understand almost everyone that watches your videos appreciate them. It's great to watch a craftsman share his knowledge. Thanks, Morgan
4637bigred Amen
It's beyond me too. I guess people with few skills and little respect for themselves, very sad.
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James .Pritchard “hurt people” want to hurt people🙄
Paul is my go to guy for things like this. I totally trust him and thank him for sharing his 50+ years of experience. He got me in the game.
Me too .He's a mine of information.
Paul, this is wonderful. I have seen standard chisel sharpening many times, but sharpening of gouges was always a complete mystery and never explained to me. This is the first time I have ever seen how this is done. Thank you.
Thank you!
What I learned today:
My work on the lapping stones is OK; getting the same results.
Green polishing compound was a good choice for stropping, despite being considered a 'power-wheel' compound by some.
I have been way too dainty using the strop. Bear down with enough force or you are wasting time! The tool should get a bit warm from friction.
I didn't run the strop long enough. Five to ten strokes is not even a decent start; 50-80 strokes between inspections is about right.
My use of 2500 grit paper on a wood form to break the burr is not a bad thing, but I could do better with slip-stones/leather pad.
Again, thank you for this, I am building a collection of Pfeil gouges for violin carving and I want them at their best!
It's always a treat to wake up to a new Paul sellers vid. Thanks!
i love this video. All of your videos actually Paul. They are just a huge inspiration and i just consider you to be just the overall general woodworking "authority" - and the amount of knowledge you've shared throughout all your videos is just outstanding.
Just made my own 3 legged stool you showed in your last project series on UA-cam. Can't wait for the next one! Until then - i can easily just watch all your videos on repeat. I look at your shop and become so envious that you've been able to make your living doing this for so long - and now get to share this lifetime of experience with us all here.
Cheers Paul - and thanks for everything thus far!
My Grandfather and my great grandfather were both master carpenters,And I have inherited a lot of their tools. If I had had a woodworking teacher like you in the 60 when I was at school , I may have followed in their footsteps. Keep it up I am slowly learning how to use them old tools.
My wife will be thrilled when I use a piece of the couch.
I am 50 year old,i was only taught the figure of eight way to sharpen any chisel,yet i have only seen you use it today,no one else on youtube uses this method on Camera & i have watched many. I love it & use it a great deal,as practice make the perfect sharpened edge.
I bought a very old gouge now I can sharpen it properly thanks Paul now a new subscriber
I like your videos, they are calming. It is so satisfying to watch a professional do his work.
Hi from Belgium (french speaking) It's such a pleasure to see such an artist at work. Thanks for this show!
Been using my main gouge a great deal lately and needed a sharpening. Was intimidated for fear of messing up the edge and bevel. Was going to write and ask for your advice and here it is before I wrote. Superb and simple; can't wait to attempt the first method...probably get a cheap chisel and practice the figure eight before trying on my Pfeil. VERY grateful for this lesson!
Paul. Very well done. I always learn something new watching these video's.
Great video- no nonsense, no wasted time spent watching minutes of sharpening. Just the essentials- and lots of information and techniques. Thank you.
I recently bought a gouge for $1 at a yard sale and was wondering how to sharpen it and so came across this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this video. You do a really nice job of showing the various methods and I like your down to earth style.
*Thanks Paul for this method, I have two German-made gouges that need sharpening (now I know what to do)*
just I was wondering how to sharp my gouge. thank for sharing this. greetings from Peru.
Perfect timing for this video, need to sharpen up some of my gouges!
Thank you. This is the clearest instructional video I've seen on the subject, and I've been looking!
I do have a leather wheel for stropping and it works well for a beginner like me. Yet I want to be able to sharpen on flat stones as well, so I'm not taken by surprise if I can't have my drill and leather wheel in some situations.
I bought a load of gouges a few weeks ago. They're good gouges but they all need sharpening. Thank you for this video.
Finally, just what i needed to know. Everyone else seems to use all these expensive materials to sharpen tools. Thank you!
such clear and helpful explanations. Thank you.
thank you for the tutorial. I'm just getting into woodworking but I have an issue with buying the tools and not knowing proper care and maintenance (makes it hard to pull the trigger on good tool purchases). Appreciate the step by step explanations and the alternative options to work with what I have.
I dont know why, this video feels right, the teaching, the speaking, just right.
Thanksa Paul I’ll watch this a few times , the sharpening system I was going to buy would be about £800 which is mad , I thought I was subscribed I was not ! But am now , glad to have you onboard …very inspirational thanks mate ..
This has helped me a ton. Thank you Paul👍🙂👍
thankyou - am a beginner and didn't want to ruin my new gouges so these two methods are ideal for me.
i would enjoy seeing you post a video showing us this workbench and some of its features. why you chose that particular design. what you would change about it. etc.
Awesome Paul. Needed to learn case of chisels that are now going to be used. Thanks Neal
Wow, I loved every minute of learning from you. Truly inspiring 🙂 Thank you. Subscribed!
Hi there from Portugal,
Nice :D
Obrigado(Thanks) Master P.Sellers
Sir, thank you very much for this technique. It is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Excellent as always
Hello Paul, thank you for the great instuctions on how to sharpen a gouge. I am making an archtop guitar at this moment and my gouge did not to a nice job, i now know how to improve that. Regards Sander van der Voort from the Netherlands
Thank you for this great lesson!
🤣A piece of a couch.lol🤣
Great video, Paul! I love learning how to do things from you. You make it interesting and easily to do .
Thank you always enjoy your videos
Brilliant! Thank! My new go to method.
Thanks for this Paul
Thank you so much Paul !
Thank you mister Sellers !
Thanks so much sir.
yesterday I was wondering how to sharp a gauge.
Great video Paul.
great help to me , Thank you .
Nice, thanks for showing us. Take care.
I was fixing to buy a Tormek t8 sharpening system for just $729. Paul just saved me a ton of money.
Get the tormek. You can sharpen loads of different tools on one. I've had one for 15 years and wouldn't be without it.
well done video....thank you
great info thanks so much.
thank you
I've been watching a lot of turning videos lately and they all use grinders to do their gouges. Had me wondering how you'd do it by hand. So this video came out at a great time.
IMHO I don't think a wood turning gouge needs to be as sharp as a wood carving tool. I do both. With a lathe you have the power of the machine cutting. With hand woodcarving it is man power so a slick blade is essential.
Great video!
thank you, for the lesson......
thankyou - very useful to know - am a beginner and have a daunting job in front of me.
Thanks I like your videos.
thank you for showing how to sharpen a gouge.
Thanks.
Man I’d love to have tools like that
thanks for your educating video, BUT i have given up mastering both the rolling and the figur 8 sharpening technics, but i now came up with this diy solution, that works ok for me,,, with the dull gouge, i cut a long flat cut out in plane hardwood,,, then i add some sheppach honing compound pasta, about grid 180, and then move the gouge forth and back, its not perfect, but all edge wide gets sharpened...
I love your videos
Thanks for the vidéo
Thank you!
I managed to make mine more blunt at first, but this helped me fix my poor little gouge
simple, straightforward, though not necessarily easy, I think the stone shapening part takes practice.
good content
Pará nada hablo ingles, ése hombre es una eminencia.
Thank you for the tutorial Paul! What sharpening stone brands do you use or suggest?
Figure of eight is a nice trick! Another trick to save time sharpening is to use the flattest sweep of gouge that will get the job done. They get more time consuming as well as more difficult to sharpen the deeper they are; and v-tools are the worst. Take care of the inside of your gouges, too. Keep them well oiled (wipe on, wipe off). The inside is akin to the back of a carpenter’s chisel: too many pits and it always needs a micro backbevel which is added work and means you have to attack the wood at a steeper angle.
Paul is a genius .No not a genius BUT he has 1/2 a century of experience and knowledge .Same thing in my book.
When I was at school 50 years ago we messed the teachers around terribly. Now I would give my eye teeth to be in those workshops again, learning how to do all these wonderful things.
Benefits of youth is wasted on the young. lol
@@tonispiip8054 Oh so true!
Hi Paul, thanks for your videos!
I've watched many of your videos and have learned a lot from you. I have a question regarding gouges. What is the difference between an inside bevel gouge or an outside bevel gouge?
I have an inside bevel gouge, would I be able to use it to carve a spoon as efficiently?
A ti sou grato pela bondade de levar conhecimentos aos seus semelhantes.
Excellent video. Would you use the same technique to sharpen an adze with an outside bevel?
can you do a video on concave spokeshave sharpening?
Holly shit he knows his stuff big time
That figure of eight method is some kind of sorcery.
شكرا merci👍
Excellent video as always. I made a sharpening station like you have. I have been looking for a inexpensive gouge set and wondered if you had any recommendations. Thanks!
Pat Moore Good point. I'd like to do my early learning of the figure eight on low-end chisels. Advice, Mr. Sellers?
Excellent video. Is that a W. K. & C Peace Eagle Works gouge with the brass ferrule? It is IDENTICAL to one I am trying to sharpen using this video. The inside was slightly beveled and I am trying to reflatten the concave. Tough going with a dowel and sandpaper.
I know this video is 5 years old but thank you Paul!
Does anyone know where I could buy a set of stones like Paul uses in this video? I recently got a 2md hand set of vintage gouges which will need some sharpening. Thanks
Paul could I use this method to sharpen my bowl carving adze
Paul do you a video on how to sharpen Pfeil straight D1/2 carving chisel
I have chisel or gouge with the bevel on inside - not outer circumference like these shown in this video.
Why the different bevel locations and how to sharpen these internal bevel types quickly?
Mr Sellers , I've watched many of your vids , and more then once . This is my first time commenting , and right off the top I want to say thanks for your time and help with these informative vids as I progress in bringing my Grandfathers tools back to life . Now I know what this thing is I have A Slip Stone ! What other uses does it have ??? I also have his flat stones , I've been putting water on them too sharpen, maybe they are Oil stones , What is the difference and how do I know ?? Thanks from Canada , Cyril
I think the slip stones can be applied to a wide range of different sharpening applications and of course they can be shaped to particular tools like gauges and other cutting edges. Often they are not really very specific and therefore there is no definitive answer.
Thank you.
i hit a screw with the gouge. how do I 'remove the bumb' on the bevel?
Figure of eight looks like it requires more finesse than I could muster 😆 rolling method looks like it'll do!
Wonder what kind of Stones you're using. Again, a great Video, easy to understand. You're a wonderful Teacher :-D
Harald Ibener dmt
He uses EZE-LAP diamond stones
dmt means ?. Sorry, I'm Paul Sellers generation, i'm not too familiar with the abreviations :-)
DMT is brand of the stones, but I think that it was mentioned that those are Eze laps, not DMTs.
@Bossyrangs Thank you :-)
When outside of the shop or lacking charging compound, could you rub the abrasive paste from the stone directly onto the leather strop?
Diamond stones have no paste. Water stones create paste but the idea is to move to finer abrasives at each step.
The strop fury side or smooth side, please? Thanks.
I like how you have the stones setup. Although, does it limit the stones to chisels, planes? Getting a knife edge on the centre stone would be a bit difficult i would imagine.
Brett yes tends to be not practical for knifes
Brett but its removable
Hi Paul, have you done a video on how to sharpen a bent chisel. I have a spoon gouge and I can’t get the bevel right so it’s not sharp. Could you help me please!
Kim🇨🇦
Where would I get a piece of leather like you had for stropping the burr off the inside ?
Hi paul i was wondering if you could offer some advise i have just completed my site joinery apprenticeship and had been let go due to covid once complete I have just started s a technician in a local college have a lot of gouges to sharpen but the are the the internal bevels and some are quite damaged due to poor use by the students i was wondering how would you possibly grind the beve the sharpening i would be using dowels with wet and dry paper/slip stone or would this be the best wasy to grind the edge down down .keep the content coming
thank you
paul
Try his website www.paulsellers.com
Hi Paul. How important is it to have 2 bevels instead of 1? Does it make a big difference?
Hi Harry. The primary bevel is the ground bevel which simply takes steel out of the way of the main cutting bevel, the secondary bevel is the one that actually cuts. This often melds into the primary bevel so it becomes a continues camber into the cutting edge from the secondary bevel. With gauges they can be ground many different ways and carvers often change their bevels at different stages in a carving so that is no one way fits all.
Paul's gouge has such a great finish inside! I recently acquired 4 new gouges where the inside is far from that and I would definitely like to improve that. How can this be done? I've searched google and youtube but to no avail, I would appreciate insider's tips and tricks?!
Found good tips on a blog post by Paul from 2011: paulsellers.com/2011/04/restoring-woodworking-gouges-project-2-part-1/
I recommend fine abrasive paper followed by buffing with a buffing wheel charged with fine buffing compound. Just keep in mind hat this is purely cosmetic and has no effect on the tool operation. Watch the heat buildup. Have fun
Fine abrasive paper followed by a buffing wheel charged with buffing compound.
Can I say it one more time?
Paul How would you sharpen a gouge where the bevel is inside the concave (In-Cannel) rather than outside I have two of these other types and never really been able to sharpen them
Inside is IMHO only possible with a very fine file. Can be wrong, i'm an Amateur :-D
ive tried various ways but never really been successful
Gary Wilson Seems you have to try the other way...
Slipstones
Take a length of wood with a matching radius (or as close as possible) such as a broomstick and wrap a piece of wet-or-dry paper over it. Clamp it in your vice so the paper is tight and pull the gouge over it until sharp. Take the burr off the other side on your stones.
Hi Paul! How is durable edge after diamonds compare to sandpaper or water stones?
Durability is the same.
learn a lot thank you
Would this same method work with a wood-turning/lathe gouge?