I am interested in the Lyle Jamieson 5/8" bowl gouge. I know there are quite a few turners that like this gouge. It sounds like the gouge handles well because of the grind profile he puts on it. I am curious as to whether Lyle's grind profile is easy to maintain when sharpening with the Oneway vari-grind setup. I watched Lyle's sharpening video but I wanted feedback from some of the turners that have the gouge. Any and all comments are appreciated.
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Lyle Jamieson 5/8" gouge
- Thread starter Paul Vechart
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Yes, I use the Wolverine jig to sharpen. It is an easy set up. The key is repeatability of the grinder setup to keep it that way. Use the gouge as the template to set the jig.
I have this gouge. However, mine is ground as a 40-40. I can't imagine that it is any different to maintain with a Varigrind jig than other gouges, if that is your thing.
I have had this gouge for 6-7 years. It has a more open flute with larger radius in the bottom vs a std Thompson gouge, making it far superior to the std version.
It is NOT a parabolic, as the flute side walls are clearly straight, but it works the same. It is a little bit more challenging to grind a long wing - not difficult for the edge to go “negative” and get a little bird’s beak right where the radius transitions to the side wall. Being aware of this tendency, and knowing to look for it, will keep it from being much of an issue. It’s a great tool, and its about time to replace mine, only about 1-1/2” of flute left.
It is NOT a parabolic, as the flute side walls are clearly straight, but it works the same. It is a little bit more challenging to grind a long wing - not difficult for the edge to go “negative” and get a little bird’s beak right where the radius transitions to the side wall. Being aware of this tendency, and knowing to look for it, will keep it from being much of an issue. It’s a great tool, and its about time to replace mine, only about 1-1/2” of flute left.
I agree with Doug (above) that that gouge is not parabolic but I would stop short of saying it is superior to Doug's (Tompson) regular 5/8 gouge. Doug's 5/8 10V gouge has been my go to gouge for over 20 years and I have all models of it. Doug is coming out with a parabolic 5/8 gouge but it is months down the road until tooling is acquired but it is coming.
Roger Wiegand
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I'm using it with an Ellsworth/Irish grind. Works very well for me. I tried it with the grind it came with when it first arrived and didn't see any particular advantage to it so ground it to what I'm familiar with.