Check the following. They have impressive charts showing the different
angle for different woodturning tools.
CMW Turning Tips - August 2002
from Michael O'Donnell's Tools of the Trade
http://www.carolinamountainwoodturne...s/sizing.shtml

Good luck


Got my first lathe Friday, and turned a green cherry limb into a
covered vessel. I *really* need to get some books...

It turned out pretty nice, what with the contoured, dished top, edge
beading, and a thin knob with a dished top. This is some cool stuff!
I just made it up as I went along. I'll post a pix when SWMBO returns
from CA.

Anyway, in the process of roughing out the interior of the container,
I discovered that it is not advisable to use a standard roughing
gouge. It seems to grab quite forcefully and gives the general
impression of being quite dangerous. I ended up using a parting tool
to do most of the excavation. I don't have a curled bowl rest, as no
one in the area seems to carry one for a Mini-lathe with 5/8" posts.
The container is only 2 1/4" deep, so I placed the straight rest as
close as I could, but it was still an eerie handful.

My questions (finally!) a

Is there a website or other source for grinding your own custom tool
profiles. I have several extra gouges and such that I could modify
into more appropriate tools for excavating vessels. Are 100 grit
white wheels OK for this?

Also, what is the general consensus on the Sorby Hollowmaster?
I am primarily interested in small, deep thinwall vessels and
segmented bowls/vessels.

And what about the Woodcraft Tool Rest system. The straight tool
rests look like finger eaters, but the curved rests seems OK.

I DAGS, but nothing helpful.

Thanks,

Greg G.