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Ashley Iles martin pidgen all rounder

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In another post where someone had tear out on an acrylic piece I mentioned that I use an Ashley Iles Martin Pidgen all rounder which acted as spindle gouge skew and even bowl gouge and Penpal wanted to know the grind so with apologies for the quality of the photos and not wanting to hijack the other thread.

The grind is 45 degrees shown below. The gouge on the left is a brand new one to replace the shorter one which has the long side grind (a bit like the Ellsworth grind), the shorter one has now done 8 years being sharpened on a tormek most days, hence the need for a new one and it is probably the tool I use most. I regrind the bevel on the edge to use it as a bowl gouge just by 1 mm. While using it on a pen blank it serves as roughing gouge then spindle gouge and as I get to each end I roll it over to become a skew. Hope that's what you wanted Penpal.







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Yes and Yes Pierre thank you for the information the real and apparent shock involved in the first part of going from square to round demands a strong approach and tool I can see how this one does the three things you seek. Jim cuts off the offending parts turning plastic that is a marvellous help to reduce chipping. The right hand grind in the pic would be delightful for bead and cove the more open left hand grind for general work.

I observed how I have a drawer full of chisels alongside the lathe and as I type this not knowing how I find the keys I find when turning I instinctively reach for many of them for small detail.

Kind of you Pierre thanks mate.

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Very interesting Pierre, dont here of Ashley Iles chisels over here often.

Hi Mark,

When I was leaving the RAF I hadn't a clue apart from the fact that I was based in Paris and the MOD didn't want to pay for my resettlement because they would have had to have paid my travel costs to the UK and they said there was no money in the budget. ( Don't look so shocked people the military covenant is only a paper for politicians to look good... not to put in practice for real..... that's why Woody et al do pens for heros, no other bugger is going to help; rant over). So I had to pay for my own retraining, luckily I was based in Paris and the city of Paris offers retraining for mature people so I was able to do 3 years (weekends and evenings trained by 'Compagnons') of cabinet making, carpentry etc to their professional level for the huge sum of 50€ per year. During that time I had to find my own tooling and came across a very nice young man called Matthew who runs this place http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Ashley_Iles_Turning_Tools.html .

Not only does he sell quality tools but he is more than happy to explain why he sells a certain tool and what benefits it will bring to you from a woodworkers perspective. I bought a Clifton plane from him and he even sharpened the blade for me to a really sharp level. Over the years I have bought several tools, the only problem I see is on his side, because they are such good quality they will last my lifetime so I won't be replacing them often. Apart from the gouges which as I said are sharpened 2-3 times daily.

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Great opportunity Pierre all that help before you left the RAAF mate.Something special when you contribute as well.

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