I'm looking to buy my first sert of turning chisels and came across a Penn State Catalog the other day. Nice assortment of tools but I haven't seen them mentioned here. Anybody have experience with their chisels good orr bad. Any recommendations on which ones are of good quality and fairly priced. Alternatives. Chisels are for use on a Delta LA 200 lathe.
Thanks in advance.
gary
I don't have any experience with anything Penn State (other than spending 3 years at the U pretending to seek an engineering degree).
I've read positive comments about the Artisan tools from Craft Supplies in Utah as well as the house brand at Packard Woodworks in N. Carolina . Again, I have no direct experience with either line of tools. You might wish to do a google group search in our archives to see what might turn up.
I don't believe they list them in sets but if you repost what you'd like to try your hand at I'm sure you'll have a lot of suggestions on ways to spend your tool budget.
If I was putting together a minimum starter kit to try spindle work as well as bowls, I believe I'd go with:
3/16" diamond parting tool plus:for spindle work:
3/4" roughing gouge 1/2" spindle gougefor bowl work:
3/8" bowl gouge 1" round nose scraperI have an assortment of Sorby tools, needed a new parting tool .Bought the Penn State 3/16" tool, love it. Started a little bit of bowl turning after spindle turning the last three years. I bought several more Penn State turning tools, I found these tools to be of very good quality. mike
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