[Woodcarver] tool condition

[Ivan Whillock]

The term "nosed" describes the way a gouge, veiner or V tool is sharpened,
with the wings slanted back and the "nose" forward.  A bull-nosed chisel is
rounded rather than straight across the cutting edge.  The term "thumbnail"
reference is descriptive of not the way the tool is sharpened but the shape
of the tool itself, like a V or U shape. The thumbnail tool has a rounded
bottom like a veiner but has slanted sides like a v tool.  Instead of being
straight, however, the sides are curved, thus the term "thumbnail" because
the cut looks like the outline of a thumbnail.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dick carter" <rhc511 at hotmail.com>
To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] tool condition



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> >From: "Ivan Whillock" <carve at whillock.com>

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> >Nosed and bullnosed are the same.  A thumbnail gouge is different.

>

> >A thumbnail gouge is kind of a cross between a gouge, veiner and V tool.

> >Don't have any of them; never used one.

>

> Ivan, you sorta-kinda confused me. What would the thumbnailed gouges be

used

> for that the nosed ones wouldn't/couldn't be used for?

> Has anyone on the list used 'thumbnail' gouges & for what.

>

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> Dick Carter

> >From the Manadnock area of NH

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