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   sjeff70 | Jan 11, 2025 07:49am | #1

   You mean this video?

   https://www.finewoodworking.com/2012/08/07/carve-the-reeds

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   lat_axe | Jan 11, 2025 08:44am | #2

   It's a back-bent gouge with a sweep (radius curve of the blade) sized to make those beads. Both Pfeil and Ashley Iles make a range of such gouges in various sweeps. There are also old versions on eBay and similar websites selling old-tools.

   Its basically a carving gouge with the blade upside down and at the end of a dogleg shank, so you can get it on the work to make convex cuts like those beads/reeds.

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   sjeff70 | Jan 11, 2025 10:29am | #3

   I never heard of a cranked gauge, so I wanted to clarify for everyone’s enjoyment.

   https://www.woodcraft.com/products/pfeil-swiss-made-back-bent-gouge?variant=43404551880842

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   sjeff70 | Jan 11, 2025 10:41am | #4

   This is the most complete video I’ve seen on how to reed a leg. There are a few articles in FWW where a router is used but no detailed study where one can gain confidence in the techniques. There’s only so much you can learn from written instructions and poor photos.

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   frontrow1 | Jan 11, 2025 05:20pm | #5

   I use the term cranked because to me they are like the “cranked” pattern makers gouges/chisels, bit like calling a spade a shovel.