How To Make Wood Carving Gouges

The end of the tool resembles a common spoon because of the short curve at the end of the blade.
How to make wood carving gouges. To make slicing faster rotate the chisel as you cut the blade to pass into an arc. Below are a couple examples of caving gouge sizes. If like a hinge mortise the recess is open on one side flatten the bottom with thin slices parted on the back untouched side of the chisel held flat to the wood.
The best way to sharpen wood chisels hook knives as well as sharpening gouges or any other curved blades is to use the sharpening tool that matches the shape of the curve and stroke the blade gently as with any other carving. Using the exact dimensions of the gouge as your guide be careful not to widen the trough further than the gouge is wide. Get creative with your thumbnails.
Wood carving gouges have usually One number written on the blade and Two numbers on the handle. All you need is a sharpening stone here. 50 off plans during lockdown.
First of all wood carving chisels gouges are essentially chisels the cutting edge of which is bent into a curve. Take care not to widen the convex curve further than the gouge is wide. In the first photo youll see a Pfeil Swiss made carving gouge.
Then two antiques so no numbers. That would be a quarter of an inch inwards from the positive profile. In the case of Pheil wood carving gouges the first number printed on the handle is the sweep or curvature and the second number is the width of the blade in millimeters.
The Two numbers marked on handle represent sweep number and width of the cutting edge in millimeters. I heated the tip to red hot and then hammered it against the ball of a ball headed hammer. It also allows you to stop-cut around round objects.