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eganders wrote:

I have a couple of good chisels (two high end gouges), but need a set
of mid-range chisels. Does anyone have a suggestion for a low to
mid-
range set of turning chisels? ...
Any suggestions from someone that has experience with
a chisel set?

It's only a 5 chisel set, quality might well vary with time, and it has
short handles (fixable, of course) but you can often pick up the
ShopSmith lathe chisel set for a song (ebay, craigslist, flea market)
from the legions who bought a machine and never used the lathe part of
it. I still use the ones that came with my 1955 machine when my
grandfather bought it - they were in all but brand-new condition when I
got the machine and started turning on it in the late '70s. As far as I
recall they are HSS. You won't confuse them for a Glaser, but you knew
that going in.

Packard Woodworks unhandled sets are a relatively inexpensive approach
at or above the "mid" range of quality. Zips off to website to check,
groans ensue. Except they no longer seem to offer the unhandled options
for "their house brand", though unhandled is an option for some other
brands, mostly with an eye to "tool handles you buy, rather than turn."
Sorting out what's a deal (or not) there is tedious with the web
interface, and I don't recall where my catalog is at the moment, so I'll
leave sifting those options to you if you choose to go that route.

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