Hi Tom, If you haven't already tried it, you might want to take an old
carbon steel forged shallow flute gouge say 3/4 in. that you aren't
using and keeping a full rounded fingernail shape, grind a long bevel &
sharp edge evenly across the _Flute side. With the tool upside down and
both wings flat on the rest and the bevel rubbing, pull it at an angle
along the outside of a bowl or spindle.

The wings flat on the rest fix and stabilize the shearing angle and the
tangent of the two curved surfaces of wood and tool is easy to control.


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