How To Make A Wood Carving Gouge

I also needed a bent carving gouge and couldn t be happier with how well it worked.
How to make a wood carving gouge. The higher the sweep number the greater the curve. Trying to make a wood carving spoon gouge from an old teaspoon. The edge will not pull in or out. The tip of the carving gouge must a have a curve.
Finally gouges allow you to carve precise grooves and trenches. Solid rectangular block of softwood 3 x 2 x 1 l x w x h. Instead of using a fine grade sharpening stone all of the time you could use your very handy honing board to bring back an edge. I m making these for an upcoming carving project that i am going to carve using only chisels and gouges that i have made myself.
As always i m happy to answer any questions. Just having fun while trying to learn something new. One way to bring your edge back to pristine condition is to make a gouge honing board. Shown here left to right are a 3 a 6 a 9 and a 11.
Making a hook knife from broken car spring. With my basic curve forged i moved to the belt sander to grind my basic bevel. Jsk koubou 1 410 769 views. Bevels are angles on the face of the chisel that help to draw the tool into or out of a piece of wood.
A double beveled chisel works with either side up. Simple smart make a wooden vise drill press vise. Manufacturers and vendors refer to gouges by the size and the sweep. This is how i make my own wood gouges and chisels.
A single bevel chisel will pull the edge into a work piece if the bevel is up and push it out of the wood if the bevel is down. If you would. These are the things you ll need.