Picked up couple dozen turning tools

[pete00]

Howdy

Picked up a couple dozen turning tools from this guy i meet. He rebuilds woodworking equipment and he had these laying around.
I think the cost came out to about 8 bucks a piece.

Half are HSS the other regular steel. Theres a set of sears, and a set of Buck Brothers and something else cant read stamp on metal.

A couple im not sure of what there made off. When i put them to the grinder NO sparks at all. With my limited knowledge all i know is, firework type sparks regular steel, clean small sparks HSS.

I added them to the wall for now, have to sharpen and try them out.

I did play with the large buck bros on the top left. Its almost a inch and half wide.

It was interesting, could not get it to catch. ALan Laser's tape mentioned sometimes bigger is better for that reason.


A couple seem to have a really long bevel, really looks like a fingernail, its a lot longer than what the pic shows.

Tried to match up this cut with some in the catalogue but none matched. Is there a reason for this type of cut or was it just someone's personal tase.

One tip has a crack, will grind it away. Has anyone ever had a tip split, i suppose that would be a bad thing.

pete

 

[Dario]

Pete,

Good haul and congrats!!! You came out like a bandit on that deal.

The angle is more of a preference. The longer the bevel, the better the tool can cut (if used properly) and the more dramatic and spectacular the catch will be too! [:0]

Bigger is better in the sense that they flex less...that is all. One Sorby scraper (for hardwoods) actually is sold with more than 90 degree angle to minimize catch and to produce "better" finish on super hard woods.

 

[Russb]

You won't find a lot if this style of gouge in current catalogs. I believe you would call these continental or forged gouges. Older stye profiles. I also find a lot of economy tools in this profile. Considered spindle gouges. Great for rounding pen blanks.

 

[Rifleman1776]

That's the way to buy them. Good catch. You own them, there's no law that says you can't grind to suit your preference. And at the price you paid, it would be hard to mess up much.