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Hi

I have now had my lathe for a couple of months and with the lathe brought a basic 6 piece tool set. 1" rough gouge, bowl gouge 1/2", ova skew 1", parting tool 7/32" blade, round nose scraper 1", spindle goug

3/8". Bearing in mind that my main interest is bowl, pots with lids etc wha tools would you buy for this. A few things i have considered are; Multi-tip scraper robert sorby straight probe or articulated Robert sorby master hollowers RS200kt multi tip

Would any of these be a good start or would it be best to buy differen size bowl gouges and different shaped scrapers. Looking forward to your good advive Mar

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Sniperborg
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Gouge(s) first. Unless you're going to do exclusively long-grain oriented boxes. Much easier on you, your holding method, and the piece if you can cut the wood cleanly. Get a 3/8" (flute) gouge for 8" and above work, 1/4" for below.

Then get a chuck.

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George

Hi Mark

For making small boxes, turned in end grain direction, you should get a couple skews (not oval) and practice practice practice, for cutting the outside body and lids, with or without finials, you can't beat a skew for finish and sharp detail, yes skewygauge and spindle gauges work also and you should get some to, but they don't, cannot, equal a skew, in my opinion. For the inside of boxes (smaller) a few forstner bids are a godsend to get the center out and to get your bottom depth established, a ring tool like the Termite from Oneway is a very good end grain hollower and also bottom of your box cleaner upper, like if you have used scrapers to first rough out the box/bowl. For larger boxes and bowls turned end grain get a couple of bowl gauges, sizes depending on size lathe and wood to turn. Last but not least get a good chuck, like the Talon chuck from Oneway.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

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