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How i use a gouge and skew making pens

Penpal

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I have often talked about both couple of pics. Please note my toolrest a fantastic happenstance for me was when making the rest and welding to the stem I cut the stem at 45 degrees and that angle allows me to rest the chisel flat on a larger plate if you like not on a round or chisel face giving me a relaxed way to work. Using the skew on the flat gives me about a 400 grit finish to start with. This morning I asked Wilma to take the pics for me.

Kind regards Peter:goesred:
 

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Penpal

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Using the Skew. Peter.:phew::goesred:

Sorry about the repeat gouge buy more or less the same angle for both the gouge and skew shown side by side.
 

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ilya

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Interesting. Toolrest looks more than 45 degrees on the photo, may be it is just from this point.

So it looks that with the skew you are scraping, and not peeling. Less of a chance of making an error I guess.
 

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When the pics were taken I shifted my hand out of the way to respect the photographer. In 1972 we bought a studio that was over a hundred years a Photography business we were partners lived in a main street above the studio with our six children, every semi trailer in Australia changed gears three times outside our room all night I learned to deeply respect the taker of pics SWMBO cause she is wonderful to me. So the aim of the pics was to show roughly the position of the chisels and the angle of the tool holder.

Kind regards Peter.:thumbs:
 

Jim

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I like the idea on the 45 degree angle on the tool rest Peter, and this must save quite a bit on sandpaper ... :bwink:
 

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Thanks for sharing this Peter, what pen are you making there?
 

Penpal

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Paul, the pen I made there yet to photograph is a Huon Pine Burl one will get tuit today if I can, much to do hay fever time over here. It worked out well IMHO. Noticed while turning ones mind dwells on different aspects of the game to share that may seem boring to some but interesting to others. Feel its like family acceptance reactions slow but really dont miss a thing.

Kind regards Peter.:rolling:
 
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