Hey Turners,
I purchased two bowl gouges form PSI (Benjamin's Best). One is a 3/8" and the other one is a 5/8" bowl gouge. I went to sharpen them after some use and found that the 3/8" gouge was ground at a much higher angle than the 5/8: gouge. Is this standard practice for theses gouges or was a grinding mistake made? If a mistake was made, and they were both to be the same angle, what should the angle be, when I regrind them? I know there is a lot of controversy on what angle to put on what, but as a rule what should they be. Anyone with a chart on all the lathe tools angle's would be great. After searching on the net, the opinions are extremely varied. It would seem to me that the less the angle the more prone to chipping you would have, but I don't know the answer as a new turner. I do know I want my tools as sharp as I can get them. I have made a jig for sharpening them all on my Worksharp WS300, and want to lock in and mark the grinding angles for each tool on my jig. So help me out guys, and no arguing about the right or wrong angle LOL........