Watch this woodworking video for tips on protecting your lathe tool rest by grinding down and rounding the corners on your skews.

Make Your Own Carbide Lathe Tools: I purchased my lathe second-hand about a year ago. It came with a set of alright traditional tools, but nothing special. Since then, I've wanted to try replaceable carbide lathe tools. However, at a price of more than $100 per tool, I couldn't justi…

What you need to know to get started with woodturning tools, tips, and techniques. Learn about basic tools you'll need and how to use them.

A few months ago I had to face the unpleasant truth about my chisels. Given to me years ago by my father, my trusty old set of Marples bevel-edge chisels had run out of steel. Ground and sharpened to…

Lathes have been around for centuries and are still used today in various settings. A wood lathe is a powerful tool that can be used to create beautiful and intricate pieces of woodwork. Though their primary purpose is to create cylindrical shapes out of wood, they can also be used to create other objects. In … What Can You Make With a Wood Lathe? 18 Things You Can Make With a Wood Lathe Read More »

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Lathe Chisel Rack: Hi everyone! There are lots of designs out there for lathe chisel racks and various types of carts that you can build to hold all of your lathe scrapers and gouges. I made this particular design as easy to build as possible and used only scraps of …

How to Sharpen Lathe Chisels: Anyone who has had a lathe for more than a week knows that you need to sharpen your chisels and sharpen then often. Nothing dulls tool steel like a 3000rpm spinning chunk of wood. I have recently gotten back into wood turning after a ten…

The lathe chisels are made from high speed steel(HSS), featuring shrill edge and fine grinding. Durable and accurate design. Our entire shank has been heat treated, it can be used after grinding.This knife is an arc shape milled with a 10mm round bar CNC milling machine.

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