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I am in the market for better cutting tools. I have my original set from Grizzly I got when I got my lathe. It wasnt the best set in the world, but I liked it.
I need a better set. What do you guys use? What is the best for a reasonable price?
 
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The last set I bought was this one, from PSI, off Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/PSI-Woodworki...f=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1243028336&sr=1-22

I have been real happy with it for the price.
The tools were not razor sharp from the box, but after a touch up grind, work fine for me.They are HSS, not cheap carbon steel,
and seem to hold an edge fine.
Break it down to $7.xx for each piece, delivered, seems good to me.:smile:
 
johnnycnc said:
The last set I bought was this one, from PSI, off Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/PSI-Woodworki...f=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1243028336&sr=1-22

I have been real happy with it for the price.
The tools were not razor sharp from the box, but after a touch up grind, work fine for me.They are HSS, not cheap carbon steel,
and seem to hold an edge fine.
Break it down to $7.xx for each piece, delivered, seems good to me.:smile:
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I agree with johnnycnc, for the money this is a good set. I also have a short skew also from PSI which I use a lot for final finishing. I recently added the Woodchuck II to my arsenal and am know completely happy with my tools.
 
I am a little bit of a self admitted tool snob so I really like my Sorby 6 piece set I bought. I also like my Henry Taylor bowl gouges. I have had the various other ones and once I bit the bullet and bought the ones I have now, I will never go back.
 
Doug Thompson sells some nice tools -- they come without handles and I am liking the use of the same handles (only takes 2), just changing the cutting end quickly. Nice to sharpen without the extra length.
 
there are some very good HSS tools that are quite inexpensive: Highland hardware and Lee Valley carry these imports...Packard woodworks also carries an "artisan line" I've used all and they are a-ok..I also use sorby, henry talylor and all the "big" names..they all work
 
As the maker of a very good and useful tool,which I'm proud of, I still recommend Doug Thompson Bowl Gouges, My tool the Woodchuck is a fantastic tool for quickly removing excess material and roughing the inside of a bowl or turning a pen or roughing a spindle. But for finishing up a bowl or vase, any thing with curvature to the inside, get one of Doug's Bowl or spindle gouges.
Ive been working with a tool similar to the Ci0 I was going to market one, but I've decided that I'm not just making the tools for money, I am making them to give guys that don't have unlimited resources (money) a good tool at an affordable price. So does Doug his tools are made from state of the art metals, His tools can be sharpened when they get dull which isn't as often as tools made from M2 tool steel.
My tool is a great tool for doing Pens and with a light touch will give as fine of cut as a Skew, or so I've been told,
Carbide is the best solution around for roughing or semi finishing wood turnings,
I am waiting a few weeks and ordering 2 Thompson gouges, just trying to figure out which grind to get.

This opinion is only based on my experience and hundreds of others, and worth exactly what you pay for it.
 
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