ID'ing a Shopsmith gouge - 555033
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:53 pm
I just bought a set of six Shopsmith lathe tools in an eBay auction. Five are the standard set (#555026 through #555030). The sixth is a gouge, #555033, which is no longer listed in Shopsmith's online catalog. It doesn't show up on Google with anything interesting.
It's intermediate in size between the other two (#555027 and #555028), with somewhat taller flutes. The bevel is ground at 45 degrees, and the face is raked back at about the same angle. It has a tang, like the others, rather than an unbroken shaft.
Does anyone have one of these #555033 gouges, and know whether it's intended as a bowl gouge, or as a spindle/roughing gouge like those in the standard Shopsmith chisel set?
It's intermediate in size between the other two (#555027 and #555028), with somewhat taller flutes. The bevel is ground at 45 degrees, and the face is raked back at about the same angle. It has a tang, like the others, rather than an unbroken shaft.
Does anyone have one of these #555033 gouges, and know whether it's intended as a bowl gouge, or as a spindle/roughing gouge like those in the standard Shopsmith chisel set?