I’ve recently tried, and really like, the conventional or square grind on a little used bowl gouge from PSI. This ˝ bowl gouge has been collecting dust since I discovered and switched to Doug Thompson’s tooling. I like it so much that I reground a DT ˝ U gouge that I never really cared for (I seem to enjoy the V grind). Question: at what angle do you grind your bevel? I am after that pesky corner transitioning from the bowl wall to the floor on the interior. Also do you keep the wings truly square all the way around or do you have the wing slightly ground back?
When I reshaped the gouges from the Irish grind to square grind I shaped on my dry grinder and sharpened on the Tormek. I would like to sharpen one on the dry grinder but had some troubles when I was shaping keeping the gouge 90* to the wheel when I rotated around the wings. Do you use some sort of V block on the grinder table to maintain the correct orientation or are you just plain good at free hand sharpening? Any insights offered are sure appreciated. …Bill…