Anybody know what's up with the Thompson tools site?

[David Wyke]

Doug is still active in the tool business and symposium circuit. When he travels the communications get sidelined. I have never run out of my bowl Gouges. My gouge is made to my specifications. The Jamieson 1/2 inch (5/8 Diameter) bowl gouge is only available from me, and I have stock.

Good to know as I was planning on ordering another gouge from you just to have an extra one.

 

[Michael Brown]

Doug is still active in the tool business and symposium circuit. When he travels the communications get sidelined. I have never run out of my bowl Gouges. My gouge is made to my specifications. The Jamieson 1/2 inch (5/8 Diameter) bowl gouge is only available from me, and I have stock.

My definition of restraint is to only order one. Mission accomplished. I'm going to claim it as a birthday present. You have one less in stock now.

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

Doug was at the TAW Symposium at the end of January.

 

[Sam Fleisher]

Anyone have a better email address for him? Or phone number?

I can't get the one on his site to work for contact.

 

[John Otvos]

I may have purchased this from Ashley Harwood, circa 5 years ago, during the covid era. My memory is not as good as it once was. Ah, being a senior. hahaha It has your name on it and 10V.

What is it? The bar is 10V, 5/16" x 1/2", maybe 8-9" long. It seems to be designed for detail scraping, since it has a burr on the top curved edge. I'm trying to learn how to sharpen it.

Doug's contact email on the site does not work, now into April 2026. <Doug@devnet1.com/tool>

 

[John Suhreptz]

Looks like Cindy Drozda’s Signature Hook Scraper. Sharpening instruction links are on this page. https://www.cindydrozda.com/html/Tool_Info.html

 

[John Otvos]

Looks like Cindy Drozda’s Signature Hook Scraper. Sharpening instruction links are on this page. https://www.cindydrozda.com/html/Tool_Info.html

Yes, it is. Thanks so much. Now, how to sharpen it as it has a slight negative rake on top. I do know she uses a high grit CBN wheel 400(?)

 

[John K Jordan]

Now, how to sharpen it as it has a slight negative rake on top. I do know she uses a high grit CBN wheel 400(?)

Don't know what Cindy and others use, but I've been happy for years now sharpening NRS on a 600 grit 8" WTW CBN wheel on a 1/2 speed grinder. I use it for other scrapers, skews, bowl gouges, parting tools, etc, everything except for spindle gouge which I sharpen on a 1200 grit CBN on a Tormek.

I always remove the grinder burr for all tools and burnish a burr for all scrapers - conventional, NRS, and hand card scrapers. I've used a variety of burnishers over the years and now stick with the Arno; has several good advantages:


I like this burnisher so much I bought a second one for me for "just in case" and a third one for a friend.
www.amazon.com/Arno-Carbide-Cabinet-Scraper-Burnisher/dp/B076GW8N5K

JKJ

 

[John Otvos]

Thanks so much. I see them for sale on Lee Valley in Halifax, near me.

 

[John Otvos]

I have a small collection of disused 1/4" and 1/2" solid carbide router bits, where the head could be ground off and the shank inserted into an epoxied handle to act as a burnisher. Much less payola than the French version, as good as it may be. Currently, I am using a ceramic burnisher that functions well.