Grizzly G0657, G0658 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 hol- low, double-ground tool with either a round or pointed nose. Figure 27 shows an example of a gouge.

Figure 27. 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 28 shows an example of a skew chisel.

Figure 28. 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 29 shows an example of a round nose scraper.

Figure 29. 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 30 shows an example of a parting tool.

Figure 30. 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 28 is a good example of a specialty tool.

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