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Like anything, but the best you can afford. Most of the brands offered in the popular catalogs are very good. El Cheapo imports offered by Harbor Freight are loved by some, hated by others. I have a set of inexpensive, no-name, imports that serve me well. At about $5.00 each they were worth the risk and proved a good investment.
 
I have a henry taylor oval skew that works well. Not sure if anyone makes curved oval but it does not matter since you can grind the curve yourself.

Check out Charles
http://www.woodchipshome.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=WC
He does not have a huge selection of stuff but he always has the best price on what he carries and is the first place I look for new tools.
 
Scott,

Is that a CURVED oval? it looks like it is just oval (or rounded on the edges) I am looking for one like that but with a curved cutting edge. I think based upon the responses that I an going to have to get a regular oval skew and curve the cutting edge myself.
 
Originally posted by Blind_Squirrel
<br />http://www.cuttingedgetools.com/Onlinecat.htm/WebCatalog/GlaserHiTec.htm
Glaser Skew Chisel- 3/4 in. $124.95 [:0]

I think I will stick with my Sorby.
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C'mon Scott - don't you need one of those to go with your new lathe? [}:)] [;)]
 
So far I only have the Harbor Freight set and one Sorby oval skew. For the price, I have been pleased with the cheap set. I am sure that when I start turning other things such as bowls, I will need something else. Some of you may think that it is blasphemy, but i use my 1" gouge on acrylic, pr, etc. I can get just as good and sometimes better curls of material while cutting with the gouge as I can with a skew. I have not put the skew to a plastic blank in probably 3 months.
 
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Originally posted by Blind_Squirrel
<br />http://www.cuttingedgetools.com/Onlinecat.htm/WebCatalog/GlaserHiTec.htm
Glaser Skew Chisel- 3/4 in. $124.95 [:0]

I think I will stick with my Sorby.
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C'mon Scott - don't you need one of those to go with your new lathe? [}:)] [;)]
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Eric,
My birthday is a week from Saturday, you offering one up as a present? [:D]

Also, did you get my PM about the Wolverine system?
 
I have a PSI (Benjamin's Best) set with scrapers, gouges, parting tool. I also bought a Henry Taylor 3/8 spindle gouge on the advice of one of the members of the turning club I joined. The BB tools are ok - however, you can feel that the flutes on the gouges are not perfectly round - odd. Anyways, in my limited experience they are ok tools - but the Taylor spindle gouge is far and away the nicer tool. From now on, I'm sticking with tools made of Sheffield steel - after that, I don't believe the brand matters much. The reason I bought the BB tools was that I knew when I started this that sharpening was going to have a learning curve, and I'd rather learn to sharpen on cheaper tools than more expensive ones :-)
 
Sorby is all I use... I started with some Craftsman a few yrs ago.But after buying 1 Sorby I never bought anything else sense but there expeive . Thou Woodcraft has them a 1/3 off 1 time a year I never can remember when it is thou [:D]
 
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I bought the sorbys. That is all I have now. I like them, what little i have been able to use them yet. I have never realized and never would have dreamed how handy a tool the round nosed scraper is. I find myself reaching for it a lot more than I figured.
 
Find someone in your area that has different tools and try them out. You could also visit the Woodcraft and CraftUSA websites and browse their selections to see what is being made by some of the leading tool makers.
 
I wish I could find another turner in this area. I am basically teaching myself to turn. I wish tere wer someone that I could go watch. The nearest woodcraft store is in Houston and that is 4 hours away.

Sorry to say it guys but as far as learning and instruction you guys are all I have!
 
I just bought a 5 piece set of pinnacle tools from woodcraft. Cost a buck and a quarter (125.00). Work great out of the box with the touch of a diamond paddle. Very happy with them!
 
How far are you from Houma, LA? I think that's where LanceD lives.

I have a variety of tools, Crown Pro-PM, Crapsman, some unlabeled gouge from Woodcraft, a couple of tools from England whose label I've never seen in any of the catalogs. The two tools I use the most are the Crown Pro-PM 3/4" radiused skew and a 1" round nose scraper from whoever that is in England. If you want a radiused skew because you think it will be easier to use, they aren't and they are more difficult to sharpen and hone. A regular rolled edge skew is very easy to sharpen and hone.
 
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