Hi Brent,

"The thicker gouge wants to lift the chips higher than the thin chisel and 
they break off sometimes lifting wood ahead of them. "

Yes, that is the answer I was looking for.  It's been more than thirty years 
since I've made Georgian sash or paneling, but the
memory sticks.  I hired it out after that!  Now there is a router bit that 
can cut the quarter round cope.

Tommy Hall

-----Original Message----- 
From: Brent Kinsey
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 9:30 PM
To: Linda & Tom Hall
Cc: oldtools@s...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Incannel gouges

Tommy,
I know you know this already, but I will reiterate:
Sharp fixes everything.

The backs on my incannel gouges are polished. Just at the business end for 
an inch or so just because it made it easier for me to get the edge I 
wanted.
The challenge I faced when I first did them (a matched set of 12 vintage 
Greenlee firmer gouges from MOfA) was not creating a tiny bevel on the back. 
If it is rounded over at all it makes it hard to pare with them. So in that 
sense, yes the back should be flat along its length to the edge. Now I'm not 
talking about the whole 11" being flat, just at the last inch or two.

I then turned to the inside bevel with slipstones and a strop on a dowel 
rod.

The next issue: if yours are the thicker firmer gouges like mine,  they are 
(for me anyway) harder to pare with than a thin paring gouge. The thicker 
gouge wants to lift the chips higher than the thin chisel and they break off 
sometimes lifting wood ahead of them.

I suppose I could decrease the angle they are sharpened at and that would 
help, but I kept mine fairly stout for the occasional chopping. I do have 
one thin paring gouge which pares very nicely but it is too wide a sweep for 
most coping work.

Brent

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Brent Kinsey