Wood turning chisels

Learn how to sharpen lathe chisels in your shop so you can get back to woodturning in no time. We make it easy.

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Interested in spindle turning? Then come along and discover the keys to effectively sharpening and using the indispensable skew chisel.

The American Association of Woodturners' Walt Wager gives his list of absolute "must have" tools for any woodturning shop, including sharpening supplies.

Turning Wood Turning Tools: If you are interested in taking up wood turning or if you already turn and want more tools because more tools means more possibilities. In this instructable I will show you how to make: a 3 point tool, a circle skew and a round profile scraper. Some…

Bowl gouge sharpening techniques are really the first thing that needs to be learned when turning wood bowls. Why? Without a sharp bowl gouge turning wood bowls is not easy. Each bowl gouge sharpening needs to be consistent and easily repeatable As the saying goes, “An almost sharp bowl gouge will almost cut wood.”

Recently, the folks at LumberJocks convinced me to make my own carbide lathe chisels rather than buying them premade. (to save $110 per chisel) Here's how that went down: The idea is this: Take half…