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Selecting.Turning.Tools
Lathe tools come in a variety of shapes and sizes and
usually fall into five major categories.
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Gouges—Mainly used for rough cutting, detail
cutting, and cove profiles. The rough gouge is a
hollow, double-ground tool with a round nose, and
the detail gouge is a hollow, double-ground tool with
either a round or pointed nose.
Figure 26 shows an
example of a gouge.
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Skew Chisel—A very versatile tool that can be used
for planing, squaring, V-cutting, beading, and parting
off. The skew chisel is flat, double-ground with
one side higher than the other (usually at an angle
of 20-40˚).
Figure 27 shows an example of a skew
chisel.
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Scrapers—Mainly used where access for other tools
is limited, such as hollowing operations. This is a
flat, double-ground tool that comes in a variety of
profiles (Round Nose, Spear Point, Square Nose, etc.)
to match many different contours.
Figure 28 shows
an example of a round nose scraper.
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Parting Tools—Used for sizing and cutting off work.
This is a flat tool with a sharp pointed nose that may
be single- or double-ground.
Figure 29 shows an
example of a parting tool.
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Specialty Tools—These are the unique, special
function tools to aid in hollowing, bowl making,
cutting profiles, etc.
Figure 27. Skew chisel.
Figure 28. Round nose scraper.
Figure 29. Parting tool.
