Selecting Turning Tools - Grizzly H8259 Owner's Manual

Selecting Turning
Tools
Lathe tools come in a variety of shapes and sizes
and usually fall into five major categories.
Gouges—Mainly used for rough cutting,
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detail cutting, and cove profiles. The rough
gouge is a hollow, double-ground tool with
a round nose, and the detail gouge is a hol-
low, double-ground tool with either a round or
pointed nose. Figure 19 shows an example
of a gouge.
Figure 19. Gouge.
• Skew Chisel—A very versatile tool that can
be used for planing, squaring, V-cutting,
beading, and parting off. The skew chisel
is flat, double-ground with one side higher
than the other (usually at an angle of 20-
40˚). Figure 20 shows an example of a skew
chisel.
Figure 20. Skew chisel.
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Scrapers—Mainly used where access for
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other tools is limited, such as hollowing oper-
ations. This is a flat, double-ground tool that
comes in a variety of profiles (Round Nose,
Spear Point, Square Nose, etc.) to match
many different contours. Figure 21 shows an
example of a round nose scraper.
Figure 21. Round nose scraper.
• Parting Tools—Used for sizing and cut-
ting off work. This is a flat tool with a sharp
pointed nose that may be single- or double-
ground. Figure 22 shows an example of a
parting tool.
Figure 22. Parting tool.
• Specialty Tools—These are the unique,
special function tools to aid in hollowing, bowl
making, cutting profiles, etc. The Swan Neck
Hollowing Tool shown on Page 23 is a good
example of a specialty tool.
H8259 10" x 18" Benchtop Lathe