07 December 2017

I Can Ruin Your Stock Too!


Something goes catastrophically wrong every time I try to make the 75˚ cuts.

All I am doing is trying to follow the existing line and making the groove a little wider.

I don't know what I am doing wrong, I can't tell how I did the first lines perfect and can't make any more.

I think this experiment is done.

Good news, my amateur gouges sanded out pretty well.


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2 comments:

  1. Terrapod08 December, 2017 17:08

    This is counter intuitive, but should you have started with the 75 degree for a light groove then "deepened" with the 60 degree? I know nothing of this art but have done a bit of single tool carving and trying to widen a deep groove seems to cause burring as the wood is a tad weaker where the first tool made the gouge near the surface of the work piece.

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    1. Angus McThag09 December, 2017 00:44

      The spacer cutter is two parallel 60˚ cutters.

      I think I am starting those too deep and it's obliterating the crossing groove the 75˚ cutter needs to ride in.

      The only problem is doing the initial lines is a non-trivial amount of effort to get to the point where you can see if this theory is good.

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