[Woodcarver] Gouges

[Watson Family]

At 03:19 PM 10/01/2007, you wrote:

>  Someone once told me that gouges are designed to cut across the grain, 

> when I try that the wood usually splinters and chips.

>


The first thing to remember is that the reason the gouges are curved is so 
the corners are out of the wood this way it wont split.
For the same reason the deeper gouges take of more wood because you can and 
still keep the corners out.
It was only after they made them curved for this reason that they 
discovered the use of the curve for shaping.

There's another little snippet to add to the information you are going to 
get.:-))

Peter

Woodcarvings and Wildlife Sculptures
http://www.watsonwoodcarver.com 
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