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G0456 Variable Speed Wood Lathe
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
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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
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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
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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.
Figure 21. Parting tool.
• 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.
• 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.