Mike
A fingernail grind is supposed to look like a lady's fingernail, somewaht
more pointed than a man's and longer. Generally it is used on spindle gouges
but generally only takes you so far in wood turning. An Irish grind, or
Ellsworth grind or long winged grind, or ... grind is one with the wings or
edges of the bould gouge ground back. Generally the tip is ground to a small
radius and about 70 degrees and the wings brought back about 3/4" which
should result in an everage grind of about 45 degrees although I think this
differs with the radius of the gouge.
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS, Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com
"Woodborg" wrote in message
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Darrell
Have just looked through all the instructions and video. You make it
look very easy to the point that i will have a go this weekend. Just
need to buy some dowel.
I brought a very cheap wet grinder with a normal grinding wheel
attached. Up to now i have been free handing on the wet grinder, my
spindle and bowl gouges tend to be sharpen to a point, its about time i
had some conformity of shape which hopefully will cut down on sand paper
usage
with thanks and keep up the great work
ps whats the difference between a finger nail grind and a irish grind
please
mark




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Woodborg