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numbskull · 03-03-2009, 07:58 PM

Use a grinder. Slow speed (1725 rpm) is nice. White grit wheel (cut cooler) 80 grit, 120 grit are ok. A belt sander also works.

A parting tool is a hollow grind, using the tool rest.
A roughing gouge is a steep angle, hollow grind, rolling the tool on the rest using your grip as a stop.
A skew should be flat ground.....NOT hollow ground. You can use the side of the wheel, a bench stone, or a belt sander......don't grind it on the face of the wheel or you'll have a biitch of a time controlling it.

Most jigs are meant for bowl gouges which have a fingernail profile and require the handle to be swung through an arc while the tool is also rolled. You don't need them for tools used in plug turning, but an after market tool rest (or a home made one) is an improvement over the crumby rests that come on most cheap grinders.

03-03-2009, 07:58 PM	#3
numbskull Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: over the hill Posts: 6,682	Use a grinder. Slow speed (1725 rpm) is nice. White grit wheel (cut cooler) 80 grit, 120 grit are ok. A belt sander also works. A parting tool is a hollow grind, using the tool rest. A roughing gouge is a steep angle, hollow grind, rolling the tool on the rest using your grip as a stop. A skew should be flat ground.....NOT hollow ground. You can use the side of the wheel, a bench stone, or a belt sander......don't grind it on the face of the wheel or you'll have a biitch of a time controlling it. Most jigs are meant for bowl gouges which have a fingernail profile and require the handle to be swung through an arc while the tool is also rolled. You don't need them for tools used in plug turning, but an after market tool rest (or a home made one) is an improvement over the crumby rests that come on most cheap grinders.