Harrison Tools?

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Been paying a lot of attention to carbide tooling lately at work and the durablity and edge-holding is amazing, even on full hard stainless. Kind of convincing me to give it a look for wood.

Anyone using the carbide tools from Harrison Specialties? A bit of an unusual company (look at the other stuff they sell...) but the reviews are good.

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Interesting. Looks like a Tractor Supply type. I don't have any experience with their tools.
 
I would pass on their turning tool sets and look at buying individual turning tools. Definitely look for another source for cutters.
I like their ½"Simple articulating hollowing system for $150 or $225 with laser kit and another $20 for shipping. Looks like would work great on a midi lathe that has a bed extension. Video has no sound so don't know if Bosch or Jordon ½" hollowing tools would work

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At the end of the day would look at another vendor due to lack of product specs & prices. Really do not like their return & exchange policies & fees!
 
Jeff

Got one of the single unhandled tools with radius cutter as few years ago. Cutter appeared to be one of the planer inserts. Works ok and I use it for rough turning.

It is a flat top scraping design that can be used for shear cuts with care.

Not the best tool for chippy brittle acrylics (Hunter cup shaped cutters work better there).
 
Good tools

I started out with one of their sets of 3 tools and one handle. The prices seemed fair compared to other carbide tools I looked at at the time. Bought mine from Amazon as a prime member I got them shipped for free .

They seem to work well for me. I use the radius cutter for roughing and the round one for almost everything else. Not used the lozenge shaped one yet. Bought a diamond card and lapping compound from local Kingsploor when they got blunt. (happened unexpectedly or I would have found cheaper on the net) A couple of strokes of the face on the fine side of the card and as good as new. I have used them on a wide variety of woods and on silmar 41 acrylic but not on Burls yet.
 
I have a set of 5 (a 4 tool set plus the hollower) and also a pen turning size square cutter. The 4-tool set came with their handle which is too long for what I do plus I don't like having to change chisels every time I need to go with a different one. So, I made my own handles which are 12". I like the quality and also that you can buy cutters pretty cheap by using the planer cutters. I also use a diamond flat stone for sharpening which is really fast. I agree with Ken about chipping so I use a small EWT rougher with a light touch when I run into a brittle/chipping wood problem and/or a skew. The mid-size EWT detailer is a lot more useful to me than the Harrison diamond detailer. I prefer the Harrison square shafts over round shafts, too. YMMV
 
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