Sharpening Roughing Gouge Tormek. Sharpening a roughing gouge is one of the easiest lathe chisels to sharpen. The tormek tnt sharpening system delivers a superior edge on your woodturning gouges and woodturning skews faster and easier than any method available today. It is one of the easiest tools to sharpen.
With freehand sharpening, set the tool on the toolrest square to the face of the wheel, lower the handle and present the heel of the tool first.
Even skilled turners may freehand sharpen their tools on a grinder but may save their finest bowl and this jig can turn a novice into a gouge sharpening expert in a few minutes. For straight shanked tools, such as wood chisels, carving gouges and tools for power carvers. Knife sharpener with knife sharpening stones blade sharpening tools. For an exact replication of the shape on fingernail shaped turning gouges. But here you need to pay attention so that you do not burn the edge. See more ideas about tormek, woodworking, sharpening tools. The tormek gouge jig usually needs no introduction to wood turners, this jig alone is reason enough to own a tormek. A grind that works well for smoothing large areas of a rolling pin might get you in big trouble if you try to.
