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you have a cylindrical stone of the right diameter, you
can true the inside of the gouge with that. Since the odds
of this being the case are just slightly better than winning
the lottery, the next best thing to do is to get a dowel that
approximately matches the sweep, coat it with liquid
sandpaper, or apply PSA-backed abrasive, chuck it up in
a drill press or hand drill and grind the inside to shape.
Alternatively, you can just wrap the dowel with abrasive
sheet and do it all manually.
It is not necessary to dress the entire fl ute. It is desirable
to grind as much of it as possible, but you have to true
only the portion that will be coming into contact with the
wood. Whatever you use for truing the sweep can also be
used for any in-cannel beveling you may want to do.
After you have the inside true, if you grind the bevel
on the gouge at a constant angle you will be able to
see where the outside of the tool is out of round. The
only reason you would want to true this, since it does
not come in contact with the wood, is again to make
grinding easier. If you were grinding a bevel on a gouge
that is substantially thicker in some places than in
others, it is more diffi cult to keep the edge even. The
easiest way to trim up the outside is on a belt sander just
above the platen (as shown in the top right photo on the
previous page).
Honing a Gouge
You probably thought that we were never going to get
to this point, considering all the things that had to be
done to the gouge already. For honing the outside bevel,
my fi rst choice would be a belt sander with a micro-
fi nishing abrasive belt or a leather belt dressed with
chromium-oxide honing compound. My next choice
would be a hard felt wheel dressed with chromium
oxide, and my last choice would be a manual method
using either some combination of the above materials
on a wooden backing or a fi ne Japanese slipstone.
When honing on a felt wheel, hold the bevel flat against
the side of the wheel with a trailing stroke.
Hone the inside of a gouge on the rounded edge of
a shaped felt wheel charged with chromium-oxide
honing compound.
The flute and the outside bevel can also be honed with
trailing strokes on a custom-made wooden strop charged
with honing compound. (Photos by Susan Kahn)
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