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7 May 2014 at 7:09 pm #56886
Just ordinary straw, natural bristle, broom. The text from Roubo:
“The polisher, figures 8 & 9, is a sheaf of ordinary grass or straw, about 4 thumbs long, by about 2 thumbs in diameter.”
Hope that helps.
Greg,
You’re not wrong about competing with X-box etc. My son is always on the blasted thing. The funny thing is he mostly plays Minecraft which I reckon is just digital Lego. 😉
I got him to do some woodwork by first doing a Pepakura project with him (http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/viewer.html). We made a Halo character helmet for him – there’s lots of projects you can download and make. I snuck in all sorts of extra learning for him to do: moulding, casting, working with resins and of course, the final product needed a stand to go on which we made out of Wood. This lead on to making a model Viking ship and a replica Roman dagger. He’s now researching so we can draw up plans for a Luigi Poltergeist 5000 (a sort of Mario version of Ghostbusters). This is leading to him starting to take an interest in what I do in the workshop at the weekends. Maybe there’s something similar that might spark your boys interest.
8 May 2014 at 8:51 pm #56921Nice scoop Mark, what gouge did you use for the bowl I have a set of 4 small Faithful gouges, although I have sharpened them as best I could they do not cut very well.
The scoops are are a fun project to make don’t you think.8 May 2014 at 9:25 pm #56922David I have set of those faithful gouges they are not very good at all and the bevel angle way too steep and the wall of gouges thick.
I have reground one of the faithful gouges to a much shallower angle then honed the gouge and I am able cut with that gouge. Still not the best.
What I actually used for my scoop was my 1″ no.7 Henry Taylor gouge which dose take quite a good edge.
Still looking for 1 1/2″ no.7 very hard to get.8 May 2014 at 11:06 pm #56924I have not even made a spoon yet and that scoop was a challenge.
I used spokeshaves flat and curved bottomed. Also card scrapers reshaped curve scraper a little bit to get into bowl a bit more.
One of the hardest bits for me was where the handle met the bowl different grain directions.
I love using spokeshave and making use of my relaxed muscle. 🙂10 May 2014 at 9:20 pm #56983Mark Thanks for that,
How are gouges identified What does the No 7 represent, Paul recommends the Ashley Iles No 7 but does not say what size , what is the best size for spoon and scoop making.10 May 2014 at 9:46 pm #56985The most common carving tools are gouges – chisels with some sort of curvature to them. Gouges come in a vast variety of curvatures, from nearly straight to a very tight arc. This is in addition of the overall width of the tool. You can have, for example, a 12mm gouge of a very shallow arc or a different 12mm gouge with a very pronounced arc. The term for defining these arcs is called “sweep” and the sweeps range from #1 which is a straight chisel to #11 which is almost a semi-circle of the diameter of the width. We have divided up the listings for individual gouges by sweep and each category is illustrated by a diagram showing the curvature of the tools. In theory the sweeps are standard but in fact each maker’s sweeps might vary. For example European sweep numbers are usually one sweep greater then the equivalent English sweep. So, for example, an English made #5 sweep 1/2″ Ashley Iles is equivilent to a German made Two Cherries #6 sweep 12mm gouge. Most people usually stick with one brand or another so this isn’t normally a problem, but it you decide to mix and match it’s a point worth knowing.
10 May 2014 at 9:59 pm #56986The number 1 to 10 I think represent the amount of curve on the gouge 1 being the least and 11 the deepest.
I keep looking at for 1 1/2″ no.7 gouge on ebay either missed out or not about.
So I may bit the bullet and get one from Kirschen two cherries.
https://www.kirschen-shop.de/Carving-chisels_c9.html?page=110 May 2014 at 10:04 pm #56987Thanks Eddy Learnt something about english and continental sweeps much better explanation.
11 May 2014 at 10:15 am #56994Thanks Eddy and Mark
I think I will go ahead and buy a new one also I will look at both the Ashley Iles and the two cherries. 1 1/2 ” wide sounds quite big Do you find the 1″ gouge is sufficient for smaller jobs was it just for the large scoops that you need the 1 1/2″ wide one. I only intend to buy one gouge so I want the most handy size.
Is Woodsmith a USA site could you not get them from any UK site? What make did you get -
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