I am new to the wood turning world as of December. I am doing quite a bit of end to end turning, so my question is do I need to have both a standard gouge and a detail gouge. would appreciate any input.
I use both. I like a forged (also called "Continental") gouge with a normal grind and a milled gouge with a fingernail grind.
Do you sharpen the fingernail gouge at 30 degrees and the standard at 45?
My detail spindle gouge is sharpened at 30 degrees. To be honest, I have no idea the bevel angle on my continental gouge other than "where I want it". I just match the existing bevel and keep going. I am going to guess that it is between 35 and 40 degrees.