I got a 5/8" bowl gouge. It cost $20 plus not including shipping. The
handle is ok lengthwise for me but smaller in diameter than my other
bowl gouges. The shaft length is 9 inches but the usable flute length
is only 3 3/4 inches. In comparison, my new Packard bowl gouge has a
shaft length of 9 3/4 and a usable flute length of 5 3/4.

My biggest complaint is the flute itself. It is straight sided--nearly
a v-shape. When used head on, the cutting width is narrow. It works ok
when cutting with the wings but there is minimal transition between a
straight wing cut and a v cut. Similar to having a right and a left
narrow skew chisels joined together.

So, to me, it is worth about what it cost.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my
clothes.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:07:49 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

I got a 5/8" bowl gouge. It cost $20 plus not including shipping. The
handle is ok lengthwise for me but smaller in diameter than my other
bowl gouges. The shaft length is 9 inches but the usable flute length
is only 3 3/4 inches. In comparison, my new Packard bowl gouge has a
shaft length of 9 3/4 and a usable flute length of 5 3/4.

My biggest complaint is the flute itself. It is straight sided--nearly
a v-shape. When used head on, the cutting width is narrow. It works ok
when cutting with the wings but there is minimal transition between a
straight wing cut and a v cut. Similar to having a right and a left
narrow skew chisels joined together.

So, to me, it is worth about what it cost.

I must have smaller hands than I thought.. ;~]

Might depend on the grind and how it's used?
I do a pretty aggressive sweep and don't use the tip/point, so they seem fine to
me..
I just ordered 2 more plus a 1" roughing gouge... I'll grind 1 swept and the
other more a conventional fingernail and see how it works..


mac

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I have one V shaped gouge, and find it works better on the outside of
the bowl than it does on the inside. Also if I get agressive with it,
it does clog up some times. I do prefer the U shaped gouges as being
better at all purpose cutting. The gouges by Doug Thompson are in my
opinion the best ones out there, They are one of the 'lasts 5 times
longer' gouges that do actually keep their edges longer than anything
else I have used. Their U shaped gouge is very broad, almost like a
spindle gouge, and their V shaped gouge is slightly wider than most of
the other V shaped gouges I have seen. They are sold unhandled.

robo hippy

On Jan 11, 5:28*pm, mac davis wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:07:49 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:
I got a 5/8" bowl gouge. It cost $20 plus not including shipping. The
handle is ok lengthwise for me but smaller in diameter than my other
bowl gouges. The shaft length is 9 inches but the usable flute length
is only 3 3/4 inches. In comparison, my new Packard bowl gouge has a
shaft length of 9 3/4 and a usable flute length of 5 3/4.

My biggest complaint is the flute itself. It is straight sided--nearly
a v-shape. When used head on, the cutting width is narrow. It works ok
when cutting with the wings but there is minimal transition between a
straight wing cut and a v cut. Similar to having a right and a left
narrow skew chisels joined together.

So, to me, it is worth about what it cost.

I must have smaller hands than I thought.. ;~]

Might depend on the grind and how it's used?
I do a pretty aggressive sweep and don't use the tip/point, so they seem fine to
me..
I just ordered 2 more plus a 1" roughing gouge... I'll grind 1 swept and the
other more a conventional fingernail and see how it works..

mac

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