Hi,
I would like to get a better understanding of the relative economy i.e. cost per inch of wood cut in an acceptable manner of various brands of bowl and spindle gouges as I am considering buying some “decent” ones. Understand that subjective preference is also important but just wanting to understand some of the things that make certain gouges more expensive besides that is what they can get for them :U
I did buy a cheap Chinese bowl gouge and spindle gouge a while ago to use while I learnt to sharpen etc.
I have now saved my pennies and am ready to buy a bigger (~1/2”) bowl gouge and a better spindle gouge. Seems the best options for me are either woodcut or vicmarc /thompson gouges based on price and availability – other brands are either pricier due to shipping or because I can’t get them without handles.
Firstly am I correct in assuming that the vicmarc/woodcut/Thompson tools offer better economy than the Chinese bog standard HSS because of the better steel i.e. longer time between sharpening and less removed when sharpening? In addition the quality of the actual flute contributes to the overall economy i.e. a better tool works better?
Secondly I am battling to understand the value proposition of the Woodcut gouges. Even if one considers that you can buy a replacement tip instead of the whole tool it appears that per inch of gouge it works out, at best, equivalent to the vicmarc gouge price. Does the argument of better steel apply here? Or am I paying for the convenience of a removable tip and the advantage of having a solid shaft behind said tip?
Thirdly from what I have read that the real advantage of these steels is unlocked when one sharpens with a CBN wheel as you can use a higher grit and hence make them sharper – would you say a 180 grit CBN contributes to the economy of these gouges by resulting in less sharpening and less metal being removed? (I understand that there is the inherent cost of the CBN wheel as well but I am justifying that with the convenience of it over a regular wheel hence can ignore that for this argument)
OR is all of this bogus and it is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other?
Thanks
Robin
I would like to get a better understanding of the relative economy i.e. cost per inch of wood cut in an acceptable manner of various brands of bowl and spindle gouges as I am considering buying some “decent” ones. Understand that subjective preference is also important but just wanting to understand some of the things that make certain gouges more expensive besides that is what they can get for them :U
I did buy a cheap Chinese bowl gouge and spindle gouge a while ago to use while I learnt to sharpen etc.
I have now saved my pennies and am ready to buy a bigger (~1/2”) bowl gouge and a better spindle gouge. Seems the best options for me are either woodcut or vicmarc /thompson gouges based on price and availability – other brands are either pricier due to shipping or because I can’t get them without handles.
Firstly am I correct in assuming that the vicmarc/woodcut/Thompson tools offer better economy than the Chinese bog standard HSS because of the better steel i.e. longer time between sharpening and less removed when sharpening? In addition the quality of the actual flute contributes to the overall economy i.e. a better tool works better?
Secondly I am battling to understand the value proposition of the Woodcut gouges. Even if one considers that you can buy a replacement tip instead of the whole tool it appears that per inch of gouge it works out, at best, equivalent to the vicmarc gouge price. Does the argument of better steel apply here? Or am I paying for the convenience of a removable tip and the advantage of having a solid shaft behind said tip?
Thirdly from what I have read that the real advantage of these steels is unlocked when one sharpens with a CBN wheel as you can use a higher grit and hence make them sharper – would you say a 180 grit CBN contributes to the economy of these gouges by resulting in less sharpening and less metal being removed? (I understand that there is the inherent cost of the CBN wheel as well but I am justifying that with the convenience of it over a regular wheel hence can ignore that for this argument)
OR is all of this bogus and it is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other?
Thanks
Robin
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