April 4, 20206 yr I've acquired these lathe tools for future bowl-turning projects. I know that they are made in Sweden? Opinion????
April 4, 20206 yr The top two look like scrapers which would be really great for finishing out the inside of a bowl. Not sure what the bottom one is. Could be a flat scraper
April 4, 20206 yr Don't know much about them. They appear to be a nice tool. Do you know if they are made with high speed steel?
April 4, 20206 yr Scrapers all . Top two for inside a curvature on a bowl with convex exterior or hollowform. Bottom is a box scraper to get square corners and sides inside boxes. The angle on this one looks a little bit off as is usually at a 90 total.
April 4, 20206 yr Author "Don't know much about them. They appear to be a nice tool. Do you know if they are made with high speed steel?" I'm not sure if they are HSS. Is there a way to determine this? "The angle on this one looks a little bit off as is usually at a 90 total." I thought that the 3rd tool down was for forming the spigot(tenon) on the bottom of a bowl, in preparation for gripping the bowl with a chuck?
April 4, 20206 yr 48 minutes ago, FrederickH said: I'm not sure if they are HSS. Is there a way to determine this? Don't know how to tell the difference. Most often but not always the HSS tools are marked as such. Nothing wrong with high carbon steel tools. Just be careful not to get them too hot while sharpening. Too hot means they turn color from the heat.
April 4, 20206 yr My only contribution to this conversation is that all tools I have ever seen from this part of the world are excellent. But grouped with other comparative chisels, it makes me wonder about my experience. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lathe-chisel-luna-swedish-round-nose-162745211
April 5, 20206 yr 14 hours ago, FrederickH said: "Don't know much about them. They appear to be a nice tool. Do you know if they are made with high speed steel?" I'm not sure if they are HSS. Is there a way to determine this? "The angle on this one looks a little bit off as is usually at a 90 total." I thought that the 3rd tool down was for forming the spigot(tenon) on the bottom of a bowl, in preparation for gripping the bowl with a chuck? Yes you could use it to make tenons, but way oversize for just that . A bedan or spindle gouge would be work easily. That long flat on the left side is used to scrape the inside of boxes and would not be needed for a tenon.
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