Yep,I think you could do with a wider wheel Rob :) I made the wooden version like you had,and luckily it's still going strong,but when it finally packs up I'll certainly be making this version! Nice one my friend. Take care, Keith.
Good job Rob but I think if you were to remove some material from the top edges of the wings so they slope down to the tip you'll be able to lengthen the sweep back further & aim for a 60 degree angle at the nose rather than the usual/standard 45 degrees. I messed up several times till I got it sorted. In the end I was lucky to find a genuine Ellsworth jig for not a lot of money. Take it slowly, keep the heat down & you'll have a great bowl gouge. Keep making shavings & enjoy turning,. It's one heck of a rewarding craft. Regards ....... Geof Harris (Gloucester, England)
Hi Geof, I agree my wings do need clipping some more, I may need to adjust my angle to do so but that goes with the craft, always making changes... Cheers and take care now.
I actually don’t have this set up anymore, it was ok for when i was starting up but as I progressed it made sense to me to obtain more professional equipment
Rob it my help if you have a large tin or plastic container full of water to cool your tools in. Keep up the videos.Roger Barossa Valley South Australia.
Great job Rob!! Like the wooden depth stop and I'll make one tomorrow for my set up. Cheers for now Bram
Hi Bram, glad it helped, cheers and thanks for watching
A very effective way to produce a handy jig, for repeatable grinds every time Rob. Nice one mate.
Take care
Mike
Hi mike,
I can't take credit for this, it's all Capt Eddie, one of many of my mentors Mike 😉
Yep,I think you could do with a wider wheel Rob :) I made the wooden version like you had,and luckily it's still going strong,but when it finally packs up I'll certainly be making this version! Nice one my friend. Take care, Keith.
Hi Keith,
Thanks for watching, I was happy with my wooden one until the first time I used it!
Good job Rob but I think if you were to remove some material from the top edges of the wings so they slope down to the tip you'll be able to lengthen the sweep back further & aim for a 60 degree angle at the nose rather than the usual/standard 45 degrees. I messed up several times till I got it sorted. In the end I was lucky to find a genuine Ellsworth jig for not a lot of money. Take it slowly, keep the heat down & you'll have a great bowl gouge.
Keep making shavings & enjoy turning,. It's one heck of a rewarding craft.
Regards ....... Geof Harris (Gloucester, England)
Hi Geof,
I agree my wings do need clipping some more, I may need to adjust my angle to do so but that goes with the craft, always making changes... Cheers and take care now.
Great project, Rob! I'm going to have to try that.
Why not use a t-nut and glue it in place in the holder.
I actually don’t have this set up anymore, it was ok for when i was starting up but as I progressed it made sense to me to obtain more professional equipment
Rob it my help if you have a large tin or plastic container full of water to cool your tools in. Keep up the videos.Roger Barossa Valley South Australia.
Hi Roger, I agree that is a good idea, as you see I use oil but water is good too
It Looks the part
Hi Michael seems to work better than free hand :-)