Turning tools

[PMisiaszek]

When I sold our farm and my shop in PA, along with it went three lathes and three generations of turning tools. I didn't keep any because I turn pens exclusively with carbide tools and I currently don't have sharpening equipment here in Florida. But now I miss several of the traditional tools and would like at least a 1" roughing gouge (not a spindle gouge), an oval skew, and a diamond parting tool. If you have excess tools, as I once did, I'd be interested in hearing from you. I'd much prefer to buy and work with mature tools rather than those shiny ones in the catalog.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

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Not sure if it would be worth it with shipping and stuff but I have a crown diamond parting tool in nice shape and a crown oval skew that needs a little grinder work to get it back where it should be.

 

[PMisiaszek]

Dan,

Thanks, but my Tormek stayed in PA when we moved and I don't have much here in the way of honing capability, let alone grinding. I'll have an oder off to CUSA later today. It would be appropriate to get a shipment from Mechanicsburg, though. In my Navy career, I got a lot of boxes from there.

Pete