Wood carving tool question.

[Dave]

I have a nice old marples curved gouge. Quite long, about 16".
But its an incanel bevel.
It doesnt seem to have much application for bowls, kuksa's, carving, log building, bushcraft type stuff?
Im toying with the idea of whether I should turn it into an outcanel curved gouge.
Ive got a workzone bench grinder.

Will it work out ok Im wondering?

 

[ozzy1977]

What sort of sweep and size is the blade. Jogge Sundqvist uses them on his video http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carving-Swedish-Woodenware/dp/1600853153 for finishing off the inside of bowls after using the adze. I would not regrind it.

 

[Dave]

I have that DVD. I cant remember seeing him use the incanal curved gouge. I'll have a look at it again. Thanks.

Photo here: Guessing 6-7 sweep? 1-1/8th"

Im not the greatest woodworker, but I do enjoy the bits I do. Its Long as well!

Marples Sheffield.

 

[ozzy1977]

I think all the gouges would have been incannel and curved, in the first section he usees them on the inside of the bowl he has just adzed.

 

[Dave]

I think all the gouges would have been incannel and curved, in the first section he usees them on the inside of the bowl he has just adzed.

Ive just put it in the dvd player and they are outcannel and curved.

 

[ozzy1977]

I thought that from your first post it was a curved gouge that you had.

 

[Dave]

I thought that from your first post it was a curved gouge that you had.

Well Its a pattern makers gouge chisel and its curved. My point was about the bevel though.

 

[wattsy]

it's a finishing gouge

 

[demographic]

Well Its a pattern makers gouge chisel and its curved. My point was about the bevel though.

There was a load of patternmakers tools for sale in my local secondhand place. I bought all the long paring chisels but not the incannel gouges. They were all marked up with the name R.Whitehouse, which I assume was their previous owner, they get a lot of house clearance stuff there so I assume the original owner is dead.
They were made by Thos Whales & Sons of Sheffield.

Its possible to convert an in-cannel gouge to an out-cannel gouge, there's a thread about it on Sawmill Creek

In-cannels are good for long straight cuts, but that's the sort of thing that routers do nowadays so are largely redundant. Also good for coping cuts to moldings.
Out-cannels are good for carving.

 

[Dave]

Yeh, its irritating as I basically bought the wrong thing. Might still come in handy though. Dont know if Im gonna grind it. Bit of a hassle really.

 

[Dave]

I ended up buying this lovely outcannel double hooped marples gouge chisel to match it


Can any wood carvers out there recommend me a nice mallet to use with the wood carving chisels?
Or if im gonna make one myself. Is oak a good wood to use? I have a bit of that which might do.


1.5" wide, 15.5" long

Thanks

 

[Fat ferret]

Its possible to convert an in-cannel gouge to an out-cannel gouge, there's a thread about it on Sawmill Creek

Not always, often with chisels the steel is harder on the sharp side. Besides why bother? There are loads of lovely old chisels, gouges ect.

 

[ozzy1977]

That isn't for carving, its a paring chisel, for paring joints etc

 

[Dave]

That isn't for carving, its a paring chisel, for paring joints etc

 

[demographic]

Not always, often with chisels the steel is harder on the sharp side. Besides why bother? There are loads of lovely old chisels, gouges ect.

So far the ones I've seen that are harder on the cutting edge have always been the Japanese chisels, there might be some laminated British gouge chisels out there but I've not seen one yet.
Agreed on the second point though.