what we will be looking at in this segmentis how to properly sharpen the spindle gouge and the spindle gouge has what is referredto as a fingernail grind. besides being shaped similar to a fingernail you also have theedges of the grind that are brought up to the side. when you buy this skew the gougeis new and you will find them ground similar to the roughing gouge. to achieve this angleyou take an adjustable jig and in this case i have mounted to the second hole which ihave found to be the best to get the best angle with it, slip it in and i have a fixtureset, that needs to be set at 1 and 3/4 inches from the point to the back and i have setthis little jig fixture up so that i can do that. the jig is then placed in the foot,we'll mark our angle again. you place the
foot of the fixture in this arm and then rotate.you don't want to spend a lot of time just rotating through the front or the sides ifyou were to rotate longer on the sides this point would become sharper and what that willdo for you is get you to make very sharp points or very tight angles but you won't be ableto make sweeping curves. you want to keep this at a radius similar to what i am showingyou here.