favorite turning tools
 

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?

favorite turning tools
 

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

wrote in message
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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?

favorite turning tools
 

I like the termite tool for doing the inside of boxes.
"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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if you want to make square sided boxes, the Soren Berger tool is great -
though it is pretty specialized to just that one purpose

wrote in message
...
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?

favorite turning tools
 

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:53:03 -0500, wrote:

My tool of choice for pens and other small work is a small (1/4 or 3/8") oval
skew, preferably one that is short enough to use comfortably with one hand..

Nothing rolls like an oval skew, and you can get a nice shearing angle with it..

The Eliminator with carbide cutter....One expensive tool that you probably
aren't ready for but that I wish I'd bought years ago... AWESOME tool for boxes,
vases, etc..

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?


mac

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favorite turning tools
 

On 12/12/09 11:53 AM, wrote:
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

I really like the termite tool...and no, plugging up with shavings is
not a problem.

LB
?

favorite turning tools
 

On Dec 12, 11:53*am, wrote:
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?

I really like this in 1/2 or 5/8 for boxes, bowls, and vases.

http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...Code=tools-sut

favorite turning tools
 

For gouges and scrapers, go to Doug Thompson tools, The best out
there, sold unhandled so you do have to make your own, but my go to
tools for bowls. For boxes, I do like the Kelton hollowers for
roughing, and a big second on the Eliminator for finish cuts. I have
the Super cut tool as well, but prefer the carbide disc on the
Eliminator. I know you can buy the replacement discs else where for
about a third of what he sells them for, but don't have the source
yet. I do use a square scraper for cutting the parallel sides of the
mortice and tenon on a box, and a 6 inch steel ruler to put on the
sides of both the lid and bottom to eyeball along the bed of the lathe
to see how square it really is. I have the Soren Berger tool, and even
after seeing him a couple of times demonstrate the tool, can't seem to
get it to work. A spindle gouge for any curves, and a small skew for
straight edges. I thin parting tool, and a heavier one as well. I also
got the Bonnie Klein threading jig for doing threaded boxes after
doing a 3 day workshop with her a year plus ago. More toys. I have
over 100 lock nuts with the nylon rings in them, which are turned out,
and then glued to a piece of pine to use as waste blocks. I prefer
this to chucking.

robo hippy


On Dec 13, 9:06*am, ebd wrote:
On Dec 12, 11:53*am, wrote:

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?

I really like this in 1/2 or 5/8 for boxes, bowls, and vases.

http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...Screen=CTGY&St....

favorite turning tools
 

"robo hippy" wrote in message
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snip
.. I have the Soren Berger tool, and even
after seeing him a couple of times demonstrate the tool, can't seem to
get it to work.

robo hippy


The soren berger tool works well used as follows

1. you must be making a square sided box - it doesn't do curves, and you
must be cutting end grain.
2. drill a hole to desired depth large enough for the tool to fit in
3. insert tool so the cutter part is mostly inside the hole
4. rotate so blade starts to cut and pull HARD against the wood coming down
on the blade
If you do this right, it peels a layer of shavings that look like they came
from a pencil sharpener - it is very fast.
5. repeat four moving down one "blade length" at a time until you get to the
bottom. The design of the tool will allow you to cut a smooth bottom in one
pass, then pull the tool up the side of the box to smooth it out.

6. you are done.

what you may be having trouble with is either getting it to cut (just rotate
it while pulling hard away from the center), or you are trying to do
something other than what it does.

When you get the hang of it, you will agree, for what it does, it is
amazing.

favorite turning tools
 

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:06:30 -0800 (PST), ebd wrote:

On Dec 12, 11:53*am, wrote:
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?

I really like this in 1/2 or 5/8 for boxes, bowls, and vases.

I have a supercut and thought it was pretty good until I tried the mega
Eliminator.. It's what I was hoping for when I got the supercut, just doesn't
have the swivel head (which never stays in on position for me)
http://tinyurl.com/ye482ba




http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...Code=tools-sut


mac

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favorite turning tools
 

On Dec 14, 2:11*am, mac davis wrote:
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:06:30 -0800 (PST), ebd wrote:
On Dec 12, 11:53*am, wrote:
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?

I really like this in 1/2 or 5/8 for boxes, bowls, and vases.

I have a supercut and thought it was pretty good until I tried the mega
Eliminator.. *It's what I was hoping for when I got the supercut, just doesn't
have the swivel head (which never stays in on position for me)http://tinyurl.com/ye482ba



http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...Screen=CTGY&St....

mac

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I've never had a problem with the swivel head moving. I do some deep
undercut rims so the swivel head really comes in handy.

favorite turning tools
 

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:53:03 -0600, wrote
(in message ):

Trying to decide what if anything I'd like to add to my collection of
turning tools.

What is your opinions on
your favorite tools?

I use a bowl gouge somewhat like an Ellsworth grind. I have also recently
made a hook tool for hollowing out some bucket-type vessels - learning that
the angle of grind on the hook is key to what I can do inside the vessel,
regarding the shape of the interior - will do more experimenting with this,
as it is fairly easy for me to make these hooks. I also like a couple of
home-made scraping type chisels, one for smoothing out curved interior
surfaces, and the other for cleaning up straight-sided and square-cornered
interior surfaces (like a cylindrical box and its lid). Thanks to tips here,
I can also call a fistful of shavings a tool, for final smoothing of a sanded
surface. Thanks, folks, very pleasing.

For other Shopsmith owners who are not too happy with their tool rest
clamping setup - the jamming action against the elevation screw starts to
damage the thread, especially when you are trying to make it stay put against
the force of a bowl gouge - I made a nice bar clamp which clamps around this
screw and wedges against the carriage to keep the tool rest from moving into
the work. I love it. I know the SS is not the best tool for turning, but it
is what works in my shop, so I am learning how to wring it out, and make it
deliver for me.
tom koehler


--
I will find a way or make one.

favorite turning tools
 

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:19:45 -0800 (PST), ebd wrote:


I have a supercut and thought it was pretty good until I tried the mega
Eliminator.. *It's what I was hoping for when I got the supercut, just doesn't
have the swivel head (which never stays in on position for me)http://tinyurl.com/ye482ba

http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merc...Screen=CTGY&St...

mac

I've never had a problem with the swivel head moving. I do some deep
undercut rims so the swivel head really comes in handy.

Yeah, exactly why I'm lusting after Hunters carbide tipped gooseneck tools...
There goes another few hundred bucks..


mac

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favorite turning tools
 

Thanks for all your suggestions. It shows how many diverse tools (and
their users) there are out there! =0)

favorite turning tools
 

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Thanks for all your suggestions. It shows how many diverse tools (and
their users) there are out there! =0)

What it comes down to is everyone has there own style and methods, A tool
that works well for one doesn't work for another. Unfortunately, it often
costs a fair amount of money finding what tools are good for your style. I
have traded many tools with a friend of mine down the road. We also loan
each other tools to try out.

favorite turning tools
 

if I had only one tool, it would be a reasonably heavy fingernail grind bowl
gouge made of decent steel. Second tool, a skew, any skew. Third tool -
small bowl gouge (1/4 inch or less). Fourth tool - parting tool. Fifth -
longer, stronger parting tool. I have a sorby texturing tool, never use
it. I had an armbrace set, got rid of it.

"CW" wrote in message
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wrote in message
...
Thanks for all your suggestions. It shows how many diverse tools (and
their users) there are out there! =0)

What it comes down to is everyone has there own style and methods, A tool
that works well for one doesn't work for another. Unfortunately, it often
costs a fair amount of money finding what tools are good for your style. I
have traded many tools with a friend of mine down the road. We also loan
each other tools to try out.

favorite turning tools
 

"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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if I had only one tool, it would be a reasonably heavy fingernail grind
bowl gouge made of decent steel. Second tool, a skew, any skew. Third
tool - small bowl gouge (1/4 inch or less). Fourth tool - parting tool.
Fifth - longer, stronger parting tool. I have a sorby texturing tool,
never use it. I had an armbrace set, got rid of it.


Tools hell. I wish I had more skill.

Ed

favorite turning tools
 

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:42:30 -0600, Ed Edelenbos wrote
(in message ):

"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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if I had only one tool, it would be a reasonably heavy fingernail grind
bowl gouge made of decent steel. Second tool, a skew, any skew. Third
tool - small bowl gouge (1/4 inch or less). Fourth tool - parting tool.
Fifth - longer, stronger parting tool. I have a sorby texturing tool,
never use it. I had an armbrace set, got rid of it.


Tools hell. I wish I had more skill.

Ed



well, shoot... me too and likely all others here. No matter what the skill
level, there's always something wrong. I try to make a thing, and do my best.
When I decide to stop working on it and maybe sand it and even put on some
kind of finish, my dear wife will go into raptures over it, and friends and
associates will make all kind of approving noises - yet all I see are my
mistakes and where I could have or should have done something different. Now,
if I go and make another thing, and then actually DO something different like
I think I should have... well, that could be progress. And if I go a little
ways outside my comfort zone and produce something I am not repelled by...
well that could be progress. Maybe seeking progress is a little bit like
stretching, and the stretching is a little uncomfortable. If it was
comfortable, it wouldn't be stretching, it would just be yawning.
tom koehler


--
I will find a way or make one.

favorite turning tools
 

tom koehler schreef:


well, shoot... me too and likely all others here. No matter what the skill
level, there's always something wrong. I try to make a thing, and do my best.
When I decide to stop working on it and maybe sand it and even put on some
kind of finish, my dear wife will go into raptures over it, and friends and
associates will make all kind of approving noises - yet all I see are my
mistakes and where I could have or should have done something different. Now,
if I go and make another thing, and then actually DO something different like
I think I should have... well, that could be progress. And if I go a little
ways outside my comfort zone and produce something I am not repelled by...
well that could be progress. Maybe seeking progress is a little bit like
stretching, and the stretching is a little uncomfortable. If it was
comfortable, it wouldn't be stretching, it would just be yawning.
tom koehler



Thanks!

favorite turning tools
 

The one that works properly

wrote in message
...
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?