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Default Shallow and Deep Gouge Difference??

I only own shallow gouges and plan to do alot of end turning, bowls
especially, and wonder what advantage does a deep bowl gouge offer over
a shallow gouge. Does it give you more angle of attack so to speak,
reduce the possibility of catches, etc. Your help is greatly
appreciated.


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George
 
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Reach, mainly. Bowl gouges can reach farther over the rest than standard
spindle gouges, Plus, as you noted, the design gives you a few angle of
attack options inside a piece.

Try to take too big a bite with either pattern and you can catch, especially
if you have the nose up into the rotation.

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I only own shallow gouges and plan to do alot of end turning, bowls
especially, and wonder what advantage does a deep bowl gouge offer over
a shallow gouge. Does it give you more angle of attack so to speak,
reduce the possibility of catches, etc. Your help is greatly
appreciated.


STEMO









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Hello Stemo,

The main difference between deep bowl gouges and shallow gouges (also called
spindle gouges) is cros-sectional mass. Virtually all bowl gouges are machined
from heavy solid round stock. The offer more mass and result in less vibration
of the end of the tool that is cutting. That deep flute also gives you more
cutting edge to use before you have to sharpen the tool again.

Fred Holder
http://www.fholder.com/

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Giants They Stink, Go Anyway!! says...

I only own shallow gouges and plan to do alot of end turning, bowls
especially, and wonder what advantage does a deep bowl gouge offer over
a shallow gouge. Does it give you more angle of attack so to speak,
reduce the possibility of catches, etc. Your help is greatly
appreciated.


STEMO








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Jim Gott
 
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I only own shallow gouges and plan to do alot of end turning, bowls
especially, and wonder what advantage does a deep bowl gouge offer over
a shallow gouge. BRBR

You definitely want a bowl gouge for going inside on bowls. There is much more
mass to the tool, for one thing, which gives you greater stability. The deep
flute of a bowl gouge is also more condusive to cutting on the inside. It takes
great skill to get away with a spindle gouge on the inside of a bowl. A bowl
gouge is much safer. There is a reason they make bowl gouges for bowls. I use a
bowl gouge for both inside and outside of bowls, going to spindle gouges only
for fine details.
Raffan's book "Turning Wood" explains the geometry of tool cutting better than
I can, and why a bowl gouge is made for bowls.
-Jim Gott-
San Jose, CA
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Darrell Feltmate
 
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you might also want to look at an Oland tool. This is the basic tool I
use for bowls. Check the web site.
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS, Canada
http://www.roundthewoods.com

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