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Selecting Turning
Tools
Lathe tools (Figure 18) come in a variety of
shapes and sizes and usually fall into five major
categories.
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Gouges—Mainly used for rough cutting,
detail cutting, and cove profiles. The rough
gouge is a hollow, double-ground tool with
a round nose, and the detail gouge is a
hollow, double-ground tool with either a
round or pointed nose. Figure 19 shows an
example of a 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.
•
Scrapers—Mainly used where access for
other tools is limited, such as hollowing
operations. 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.
•
Parting Tools—Used for sizing and cutting
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.
•
Specialty Tools—These are the unique, spe-
cial function tools to aid in hollowing, bowl
making, cutting profiles, etc.
Figure 18. Basic set of lathe turning tools.
Figure 19. Gouge.
Figure 20. Skew chisel.
Figure 21. Round nose scraper.
Figure 22. Parting tool.
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