Grizzly G0456 owner manual Selecting Turning Tools, Gouge

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, 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, dou- ble-ground tool with either a round or pointed nose. Figure 18 shows an example of a gouge.

Figure 18. Gouge.

•Skew Chisel: A very versatile tool that can be used for planing, squaring, V-cutting, bead- ing, 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 19 shows an example of a skew chisel.

Figure 19. Skew chisel.

•Scrapers: Mainly used where access for 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 20 shows an example of a round nose scraper.

Figure 20. 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 21 shows an example of a parting tool.

Figure 21. Parting tool.

•Specialty Tools: These are the unique, spe- cial function tools to aid in hollowing, bowl making, cutting profiles, etc. The Swan Neck Hollowing Tool shown on Page 27 is a good example of a specialty tool.

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