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A friend cut me a few chunks of some ceder logs that he cut more than 10 yrs ago, they are cracking a bit, but came out nice
i turned a really nice simple bowl tonight
i have been playing around with some sample pieces and decided that its time to turn a bowl





now i have a question
can some one post a pic and tell me what the tool names are for each chisel ?
i know what most of them do just not sure on what the names are
What are each one best used for... turning bowls ect ?
i havent turned in yrs and when i did i was in shop class and in my uncles shop

that helps a little
is there anything else that you know of

Here is a link from Woodturning Online that has all kinds of information that may be helpful to you. It will take you sometime to go through everything but I think you will find it quite interesting and valuable as well and may answer some of your questions about chisels.

http://www.woodturningonline.com/Turnin ... icles.html

http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/latheturning/index.htm

Is this more or less what you wanted to know?

Ed

that help me alot thanks
they are both good sites

I picked up a book recently on tool sharpening and if I recall, it went through the various lathe tools and what each was used for.. It was I believe "Complete Guide to Sharpening" by Leonard Lee.. It might be of interest..

If you go to the beginning of the section on turning tools in the Woodturners catalog they have a very good description of each lathe tool and it's primary uses, along with a good closeup of the tip. You can order the catalog online at http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com.