Hello fellow turners,
Recently picked up four old lathe chisels for $5 at a garage sale but the designs have left me a bit flummoxed. I'm relatively new to turning so any advice on their intended use gratefully received! There are no markings on the tools and the handles and ferrules are clearly all home made. Pictures attached:
The set - all four chisels shown with a 300mm rule for scale. These are BIG, the longest being 720mm in length.
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Chisel 1 - Looks to me like a style of spear point or skew. The diamond face arises from a 45deg angle cut through the square cross section of the last 70mm of the tool. It's unclear to me which is the cutting edge, or perhaps it doesn't really matter?
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Chisel 2 - Simple type of bowl gouge? A 45deg cut through the round cross section creates the oval face.
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Chisel 3 - I thinking this is possibly a bowl gouge or shear scraper but never seen one shaped like a spade before. Blunt through lack of care.
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Chisel 4 - Looks like a blank chisel waiting to be shaped and sharpened. There is absolutely no cutting edge on this at all, just a rounded off tip at the end of a round profile bar.
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Thanking you in advance :U
Jon
Recently picked up four old lathe chisels for $5 at a garage sale but the designs have left me a bit flummoxed. I'm relatively new to turning so any advice on their intended use gratefully received! There are no markings on the tools and the handles and ferrules are clearly all home made. Pictures attached:
The set - all four chisels shown with a 300mm rule for scale. These are BIG, the longest being 720mm in length.
5.JPG
Chisel 1 - Looks to me like a style of spear point or skew. The diamond face arises from a 45deg angle cut through the square cross section of the last 70mm of the tool. It's unclear to me which is the cutting edge, or perhaps it doesn't really matter?
1.JPG
Chisel 2 - Simple type of bowl gouge? A 45deg cut through the round cross section creates the oval face.
2.JPG
Chisel 3 - I thinking this is possibly a bowl gouge or shear scraper but never seen one shaped like a spade before. Blunt through lack of care.
3.JPG
Chisel 4 - Looks like a blank chisel waiting to be shaped and sharpened. There is absolutely no cutting edge on this at all, just a rounded off tip at the end of a round profile bar.
4.JPG
Thanking you in advance :U
Jon
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