I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.
It's not that I am cheap or anything (I believe the better description
is frugal) but that up to now I haven't really had any need for more
tools. More tools are always welcome. They stand (or lay) in a row
and greet you when you enter the workshop and can be likened to old
friends. And if you only have a few, well they are really good
friends.
Lately however I am starting to think that perhaps one or two more
would not be an unwelcome thing. I would like to experiment with the
Oland tool along the lines of Darrell's design. I've heard it is a
nifty little item for bowl making.
Another I would like to experiment with is one that will allow me to
get under the rim. This would be handy for those bowl designs where
the opening in the top is less than the maximum width of the bowl.
(Not gonna go to the 'is it a hollow form or a bowl' discussion).
Having one would certainly be easier than contorting myself over the
ways of my Jet 1236 to get at the inside sides of the object.
I think I can rather easily handle the building of an Oland as in a
past life was a tool and dye maker. My idea on an 'under the rim'
tool would probably be based on a similar design in that instead of
putting the tool steel straight in parallel to the shaft, to just
crank it over 30 or so degrees.
I suppose that if my turning develops any further and I branch out
into more esoteric designs (esoteric for me anyways) I may start
building my collection up as perhaps some of you have done. I could
see having three or four tools just for cutting a groove for inlays,
several more for different tenon or mortise designs, perhaps a few
more for finishing up rims. The possibilities are really endless.

"Kevin" wrote in message
...
I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.

I use a few more on bowls than you, mainly because I cut from 16 to 2 inch
diameter and it's pretty tough to do it all with the same tools. If you
count "bowl" gouges as the same tool in various sizes, that cuts off three.
If you count "spindle" gouges the same way, cuts off two more. I don't do
tenons, so the parting tool outside is one of those 3/32 types to cut the
mortise which is finished by a pointy gouge. On the inside, parting off the
pedestal, I use a 1/4" type because of the reach.

Of course I use the two big "roughing" gouges on the outside, a skew or
beading tool for beads, and, from time to time a scraper on the hooker tool
underneath deep rims, which are contoured originally by pointy gouges.

You certainly can use small-size stuff to cut inside big shapes, but the
opposite doesn't work well at all. Guy I used to hang around used Oland
(the real ones) tools for everything, but even he had two.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:42:08 -0800 (PST), Kevin wrote:

I have at least 2 sets of chisels, the ones that I use daily and the ones that
have become reserved for friends and family when they turn something..

Most of my daily tools include duplicates, especially things that I sharpen
often, such as bowl gouges and scrapers..
My sharpening stuff is outside and sometimes I'd rather just switch to a
duplicate tool that's already sharp instead of going out..

The 2nd set, which are hanging on the back side of my chisel "A frame" are
mostly cheaper versions of the ones on "my" side... or duplicates because as an
example, I like the skew in the cheap mini-turning tool set that harbor freight
has and as I use them up I collect the gouge and parting tool on the non-use
side.. IMHO, the skew is worth more than the $10 that the set goes on sale for..

I have 3 shop-made Oland handles and they get a lot of use... each has a
different grind on the tip and I know which to reach for when nothing else seems
to work.. *g*

I use a lot of scrapers, and if I understand what you're saying about bowl rims,
I really like "undercut" scrapers for that..

I have a thin parting tool which gets a lot of use and use a modified version of
a standard parting tool for beads and like a small skew...

I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.
It's not that I am cheap or anything (I believe the better description
is frugal) but that up to now I haven't really had any need for more
tools. More tools are always welcome. They stand (or lay) in a row
and greet you when you enter the workshop and can be likened to old
friends. And if you only have a few, well they are really good
friends.
Lately however I am starting to think that perhaps one or two more
would not be an unwelcome thing. I would like to experiment with the
Oland tool along the lines of Darrell's design. I've heard it is a
nifty little item for bowl making.
Another I would like to experiment with is one that will allow me to
get under the rim. This would be handy for those bowl designs where
the opening in the top is less than the maximum width of the bowl.
(Not gonna go to the 'is it a hollow form or a bowl' discussion).
Having one would certainly be easier than contorting myself over the
ways of my Jet 1236 to get at the inside sides of the object.
I think I can rather easily handle the building of an Oland as in a
past life was a tool and dye maker. My idea on an 'under the rim'
tool would probably be based on a similar design in that instead of
putting the tool steel straight in parallel to the shaft, to just
crank it over 30 or so degrees.
I suppose that if my turning develops any further and I branch out
into more esoteric designs (esoteric for me anyways) I may start
building my collection up as perhaps some of you have done. I could
see having three or four tools just for cutting a groove for inlays,
several more for different tenon or mortise designs, perhaps a few
more for finishing up rims. The possibilities are really endless.


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Well, lets see... On bowls, I use mostly scrapers for shaping (round
nose, inside, and Raffen skew, but use them all in the same way, and
an outside scraper to even up the top of the bowl before reversing and
turning the outside). I use 2 styles of bowl gouges; the swept back/
Ellsworth grind a lot (5 that are 1/2 or 5/8 inch which I use all the
time, and some other smaller ones that I almost never use, like the
1/4 inch one), and now I am experimenting with the Batty/Mahoney 40
degree nose and 40 degree sweep gouge. I also have 2 bottom of the
bowl gouges, for the deep bowls where you can't get the swept back
grind in. They are ground to about an 80 degree angle, with the edges
only slightly ground back (imagine a bowl roughing gouge ground to 80
degrees, but with a slightly rounded profile rather than straight
across). I also use a dovetail scraper to make a recess. I also am
experimenting with one of the negative rake scrapers for cleaning up
the inside of the bowl. Very promicing, as I can never seem to get the
inside as clean as I do the outside. Oh yes, in the interests of
research, I own all 3 bowl coring systems. Also several curved tool
rests. I have never used an Oland tool. From what I have seen, it is a
small scraper, up to about 3/8 inch. Too small for me, I just like
bigger heavier tools.

For the Calabash type of bowls, I like a shear scraper to clean up
under the rim.

I do turn a few spindles and hollow forms. I have 2 skews that I use
(1 and 1/2 inch) 2 spindle gouges (1/2 and 1/4), the sorby spindle
masters which worked better when I first got them than they do now,
and 4 different parting tools which all seem to have specific uses. I
also have some smaller scrapers for box turning, along with some of
the cup tools for end grain cutting. I don't have any hook tools yet,
but they do seem interesting. I have a number of hollowform cutters,
mostly the Mcnaughton ones, for roughing, and some of the sorby tear
drop ones for clean up. There have to be others also.

No, I do not have a tool buying problem. This is all in the interests
of research.

robo hippy

On Nov 29, 3:12 pm, mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:42:08 -0800 (PST), Kevin wrote:

I have at least 2 sets of chisels, the ones that I use daily and the ones that
have become reserved for friends and family when they turn something..

Most of my daily tools include duplicates, especially things that I sharpen
often, such as bowl gouges and scrapers..
My sharpening stuff is outside and sometimes I'd rather just switch to a
duplicate tool that's already sharp instead of going out..

The 2nd set, which are hanging on the back side of my chisel "A frame" are
mostly cheaper versions of the ones on "my" side... or duplicates because as an
example, I like the skew in the cheap mini-turning tool set that harbor freight
has and as I use them up I collect the gouge and parting tool on the non-use
side.. IMHO, the skew is worth more than the $10 that the set goes on sale for..

I have 3 shop-made Oland handles and they get a lot of use... each has a
different grind on the tip and I know which to reach for when nothing else seems
to work.. *g*

I use a lot of scrapers, and if I understand what you're saying about bowl rims,
I really like "undercut" scrapers for that..

I have a thin parting tool which gets a lot of use and use a modified version of
a standard parting tool for beads and like a small skew...



I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.
It's not that I am cheap or anything (I believe the better description
is frugal) but that up to now I haven't really had any need for more
tools. More tools are always welcome. They stand (or lay) in a row
and greet you when you enter the workshop and can be likened to old
friends. And if you only have a few, well they are really good
friends.
Lately however I am starting to think that perhaps one or two more
would not be an unwelcome thing. I would like to experiment with the
Oland tool along the lines of Darrell's design. I've heard it is a
nifty little item for bowl making.
Another I would like to experiment with is one that will allow me to
get under the rim. This would be handy for those bowl designs where
the opening in the top is less than the maximum width of the bowl.
(Not gonna go to the 'is it a hollow form or a bowl' discussion).
Having one would certainly be easier than contorting myself over the
ways of my Jet 1236 to get at the inside sides of the object.
I think I can rather easily handle the building of an Oland as in a
past life was a tool and dye maker. My idea on an 'under the rim'
tool would probably be based on a similar design in that instead of
putting the tool steel straight in parallel to the shaft, to just
crank it over 30 or so degrees.
I suppose that if my turning develops any further and I branch out
into more esoteric designs (esoteric for me anyways) I may start
building my collection up as perhaps some of you have done. I could
see having three or four tools just for cutting a groove for inlays,
several more for different tenon or mortise designs, perhaps a few
more for finishing up rims. The possibilities are really endless.

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Tools I have used in the last two weeks:
1" 1/4", 3/4" skew
1/2", 1" straight chisel
parting tool
narrow parting tool
1/8" straight, 90*, 45* hollowing tools
3/16" straight, 45* hollowing tools with 5/8" shaft and offset handle
3/4" roughing gouge
3/16", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" Oland tools
1" scraper
and likely a few I have forgotten. Not to mention a four jaw chuck and stuff
like band saw and chainsaw. In other words, my turning time is very limited
right now. I find that the guys who use only three or four tools tend to
turn the same thing over and over. I like a lot of variety in my turning so
it seems to call for a variety of tools.


--
God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
http://aroundthewoods.com
http://roundopinions.blogspot.com
"robo hippy" wrote in message
...
Well, lets see... On bowls, I use mostly scrapers for shaping (round
nose, inside, and Raffen skew, but use them all in the same way, and
an outside scraper to even up the top of the bowl before reversing and
turning the outside). I use 2 styles of bowl gouges; the swept back/
Ellsworth grind a lot (5 that are 1/2 or 5/8 inch which I use all the
time, and some other smaller ones that I almost never use, like the
1/4 inch one), and now I am experimenting with the Batty/Mahoney 40
degree nose and 40 degree sweep gouge. I also have 2 bottom of the
bowl gouges, for the deep bowls where you can't get the swept back
grind in. They are ground to about an 80 degree angle, with the edges
only slightly ground back (imagine a bowl roughing gouge ground to 80
degrees, but with a slightly rounded profile rather than straight
across). I also use a dovetail scraper to make a recess. I also am
experimenting with one of the negative rake scrapers for cleaning up
the inside of the bowl. Very promicing, as I can never seem to get the
inside as clean as I do the outside. Oh yes, in the interests of
research, I own all 3 bowl coring systems. Also several curved tool
rests. I have never used an Oland tool. From what I have seen, it is a
small scraper, up to about 3/8 inch. Too small for me, I just like
bigger heavier tools.

For the Calabash type of bowls, I like a shear scraper to clean up
under the rim.

I do turn a few spindles and hollow forms. I have 2 skews that I use
(1 and 1/2 inch) 2 spindle gouges (1/2 and 1/4), the sorby spindle
masters which worked better when I first got them than they do now,
and 4 different parting tools which all seem to have specific uses. I
also have some smaller scrapers for box turning, along with some of
the cup tools for end grain cutting. I don't have any hook tools yet,
but they do seem interesting. I have a number of hollowform cutters,
mostly the Mcnaughton ones, for roughing, and some of the sorby tear
drop ones for clean up. There have to be others also.

No, I do not have a tool buying problem. This is all in the interests
of research.

robo hippy

On Nov 29, 3:12 pm, mac davis wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:42:08 -0800 (PST), Kevin
wrote:

I have at least 2 sets of chisels, the ones that I use daily and the ones
that
have become reserved for friends and family when they turn something..

Most of my daily tools include duplicates, especially things that I
sharpen
often, such as bowl gouges and scrapers..
My sharpening stuff is outside and sometimes I'd rather just switch to a
duplicate tool that's already sharp instead of going out..

The 2nd set, which are hanging on the back side of my chisel "A frame"
are
mostly cheaper versions of the ones on "my" side... or duplicates because
as an
example, I like the skew in the cheap mini-turning tool set that harbor
freight
has and as I use them up I collect the gouge and parting tool on the
non-use
side.. IMHO, the skew is worth more than the $10 that the set goes on
sale for..

I have 3 shop-made Oland handles and they get a lot of use... each has a
different grind on the tip and I know which to reach for when nothing
else seems
to work.. *g*

I use a lot of scrapers, and if I understand what you're saying about
bowl rims,
I really like "undercut" scrapers for that..

I have a thin parting tool which gets a lot of use and use a modified
version of
a standard parting tool for beads and like a small skew...



I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.
It's not that I am cheap or anything (I believe the better description
is frugal) but that up to now I haven't really had any need for more
tools. More tools are always welcome. They stand (or lay) in a row
and greet you when you enter the workshop and can be likened to old
friends. And if you only have a few, well they are really good
friends.
Lately however I am starting to think that perhaps one or two more
would not be an unwelcome thing. I would like to experiment with the
Oland tool along the lines of Darrell's design. I've heard it is a
nifty little item for bowl making.
Another I would like to experiment with is one that will allow me to
get under the rim. This would be handy for those bowl designs where
the opening in the top is less than the maximum width of the bowl.
(Not gonna go to the 'is it a hollow form or a bowl' discussion).
Having one would certainly be easier than contorting myself over the
ways of my Jet 1236 to get at the inside sides of the object.
I think I can rather easily handle the building of an Oland as in a
past life was a tool and dye maker. My idea on an 'under the rim'
tool would probably be based on a similar design in that instead of
putting the tool steel straight in parallel to the shaft, to just
crank it over 30 or so degrees.
I suppose that if my turning develops any further and I branch out
into more esoteric designs (esoteric for me anyways) I may start
building my collection up as perhaps some of you have done. I could
see having three or four tools just for cutting a groove for inlays,
several more for different tenon or mortise designs, perhaps a few
more for finishing up rims. The possibilities are really endless.

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Nov 29, 6:42 pm, Kevin wrote:
I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.
It's not that I am cheap or anything (I believe the better description
is frugal) but that up to now I haven't really had any need for more
tools. More tools are always welcome. They stand (or lay) in a row
and greet you when you enter the workshop and can be likened to old
friends. And if you only have a few, well they are really good
friends.
Lately however I am starting to think that perhaps one or two more
would not be an unwelcome thing. I would like to experiment with the
Oland tool along the lines of Darrell's design. I've heard it is a
nifty little item for bowl making.
Another I would like to experiment with is one that will allow me to
get under the rim. This would be handy for those bowl designs where
the opening in the top is less than the maximum width of the bowl.
(Not gonna go to the 'is it a hollow form or a bowl' discussion).
Having one would certainly be easier than contorting myself over the
ways of my Jet 1236 to get at the inside sides of the object.
I think I can rather easily handle the building of an Oland as in a
past life was a tool and dye maker. My idea on an 'under the rim'
tool would probably be based on a similar design in that instead of
putting the tool steel straight in parallel to the shaft, to just
crank it over 30 or so degrees.
I suppose that if my turning develops any further and I branch out
into more esoteric designs (esoteric for me anyways) I may start
building my collection up as perhaps some of you have done. I could
see having three or four tools just for cutting a groove for inlays,
several more for different tenon or mortise designs, perhaps a few
more for finishing up rims. The possibilities are really endless.

Almost 30 years ago I was taught woodturning for about a year or so in
one to one lessons by Dennis White, a dear old chap (must have been
approaching 80 at the time). An excellent craftsman and teacher. Made
quite a few videos. He got into woodturning immediately after WW2. He
suffered a very serious head wound on active service and needed
special rehabilitation. The War Office, as it was then called, looked
into his civilian background (I think he'd worked with his father in
the wood business) and came up with the therapeutic idea of setting
him up in a barn with a wood-turning lathe in the quiet countryside of
southern England. It was his saviour. When he taught me, his workshop
was a cosy garden shed in a London suburb. The problem you mentioned
with turning bowls 'round the corner' as it were, he had an unusual
technique for solving. I don't know whether he ever showed it in his
videos (maybe he thought it was too risky). His solution was to use a
bowl gouge cutting from the farther side of the bowl, that is on the
up-coming side. Needs quite a bit of down force on the gouge to keep
it on the rest and not a little nerve - not for the faint hearted.

Exbrat

On Nov 30, 9:20 am, Exbrat wrote:
On Nov 29, 6:42 pm, Kevin wrote:





I was reading over the last couple topics on tool making. One was
posted prior to the MI5 deluge on 21 Nov and the latest on 26 Nov. and
they got me to thinking last night whilst I was happily turning away
about the number of tools I own vs the number that I actually use.
Now I am speaking of things like gouges, scrapers, parting tools and
the like. I thought and realized that I use perhaps 3 tools on all
the bowls I make - a bowl gouge, a scraper, and a parting tool. I
use the latter for making a tenon as well as to mark out the top edge
of the bowl so I have some idea of where the curve will begin and end.
Very rarely do I use a spindle gouge on a bowl but occasionally it
does come into play when I want to get at a bit of roughness near the
outer edge of the tenon. That I use around three tools is not really
news. I recall reading on this group several years in the past that a
lot of folks here are about the same.
It's not that I am cheap or anything (I believe the better description
is frugal) but that up to now I haven't really had any need for more
tools. More tools are always welcome. They stand (or lay) in a row
and greet you when you enter the workshop and can be likened to old
friends. And if you only have a few, well they are really good
friends.
Lately however I am starting to think that perhaps one or two more
would not be an unwelcome thing. I would like to experiment with the
Oland tool along the lines of Darrell's design. I've heard it is a
nifty little item for bowl making.
Another I would like to experiment with is one that will allow me to
get under the rim. This would be handy for those bowl designs where
the opening in the top is less than the maximum width of the bowl.
(Not gonna go to the 'is it a hollow form or a bowl' discussion).
Having one would certainly be easier than contorting myself over the
ways of my Jet 1236 to get at the inside sides of the object.
I think I can rather easily handle the building of an Oland as in a
past life was a tool and dye maker. My idea on an 'under the rim'
tool would probably be based on a similar design in that instead of
putting the tool steel straight in parallel to the shaft, to just
crank it over 30 or so degrees.
I suppose that if my turning develops any further and I branch out
into more esoteric designs (esoteric for me anyways) I may start
building my collection up as perhaps some of you have done. I could
see having three or four tools just for cutting a groove for inlays,
several more for different tenon or mortise designs, perhaps a few
more for finishing up rims. The possibilities are really endless.

Almost 30 years ago I was taught woodturning for about a year or so in
one to one lessons by Dennis White, a dear old chap (must have been
approaching 80 at the time). An excellent craftsman and teacher. Made
quite a few videos. He got into woodturning immediately after WW2. He
suffered a very serious head wound on active service and needed
special rehabilitation. The War Office, as it was then called, looked
into his civilian background (I think he'd worked with his father in
the wood business) and came up with the therapeutic idea of setting
him up in a barn with a wood-turning lathe in the quiet countryside of
southern England. It was his saviour. When he taught me, his workshop
was a cosy garden shed in a London suburb. The problem you mentioned
with turning bowls 'round the corner' as it were, he had an unusual
technique for solving. I don't know whether he ever showed it in his
videos (maybe he thought it was too risky). His solution was to use a
bowl gouge cutting from the farther side of the bowl, that is on the
up-coming side. Needs quite a bit of down force on the gouge to keep
it on the rest and not a little nerve - not for the faint hearted.

Exbrat- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

ps No, he wasn't using his gouge technique whilst on active service,
just in case 'friendly fire' or 'collateral damage' crosses someone's
mind.

Exbrat

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:03:50 GMT, "Darrell Feltmate"
wrote:

Tools I have used in the last two weeks:
1" 1/4", 3/4" skew
1/2", 1" straight chisel
parting tool
narrow parting tool
1/8" straight, 90*, 45* hollowing tools
3/16" straight, 45* hollowing tools with 5/8" shaft and offset handle
3/4" roughing gouge
3/16", 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" Oland tools
1" scraper
and likely a few I have forgotten. Not to mention a four jaw chuck and stuff
like band saw and chainsaw. In other words, my turning time is very limited
right now. I find that the guys who use only three or four tools tend to
turn the same thing over and over. I like a lot of variety in my turning so
it seems to call for a variety of tools.

Tools I have used in the last two weeks:
3/8" bowl gouge
1/2" round-nose scraper
3/4" roughing gouge
Homemade 3/8" gouge
6 or 7 assorted files
Hacksaw
Dozuki saw
3 or 4 assorted width (flatwork) wood chisels
Hammer-tacker (had to insulate the attic, ugh.)
Utility knife
Drill Press
Tablesaw
Miter saw
Router
Scroll saw
Knee mill
Tap arm
Anvil/forge
Assorted hammers
Angle grinder
CNC laser cutter
Handheld plasma cutter
Wirefeed welder
Variable speed jigsaw
Bandsaw
Capacitor-discharge welder
Forklift/pallet jack
Calipers/mics/etc.
Stationary shear
Handheld power shear
Vise
Drain snake
Pipe wrench
Assorted visegrips, pliers and channel-locks
Assorted box-end wrenches and sockets
Assorted hex keys
Bench grinder
Wire wheel & buffing wheels (mounted on the lathe)
Probably more I've forgotten.

There's no getting away with just a few for me...