if you want to make square sided boxes, the Soren Berger tool is great -
though it is pretty specialized to just that one purpose

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Trying to decide what if anything I'd like to add to my collection of
turning tools. I have an older Rockwell/Delta reeves drive lathe and a
Jet mini that will be my Winter lathe set up in the basement. From the
good advice I got here at the time I added a Talon chuck and some
decent Harbor freight turning tools. I've made a Oland tool (Thanks
Arch) and have recently added a bowl gouge, a flat and round nose
scraper. I mostly turn pens (gouge to round and Skew to finish) but am
starting to do a few lidded boxes as well. What is your opinions on
your favorite tools?