What are these chisels?

[torchwood]

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Hi everyone, Along with some normal looking woodturning gauges, I received these four with my lathe. They are sharpened on the inside edge and I am wondering if they are used for woodturning, and if so what do they do? Or are they just wood chisels? Cheers Harry

[Dengue]

mortising chisels - factory rejects ? :wink:

[chambezio]

They are gouges to used in say wood carving. Hence the grinding/sharpening bevels are on the "inside"

[dr4g0nfly]

They are gouges to used in say wood carving. Hence the grinding/sharpening bevels are on the "inside"

Yep, correctly called In-Cannal Firmer Gouge.

Henry Taylor (http://www.henrytaylortools.co.uk/wwchisel.html) makes some.

[jimbur]

Titan handles?
Cheers,
JIm

[vk4]

Defiantly wood craving gouges, not for turning

Jeff

[torchwood]

Thanks everyone, yes Jim they're Titan handles.

[rustynail]

They are Titan gouges. We were issued with them as apprentices back in the 60's. Not a carving gouge as such, they were used for heavy timbers with mallet. We used them building coaches.

[Tim the Timber Turner]

There is no reason you couldn't resharpen them for use on a lathe.

Just grind the bevel on the other side.

You would then need longer handles.

The smaller sizes might be a bit flexiable but you could always shorten them.

If they are carbon steel it's probably not worth all the effort.

Cheers

Tim:)

[fozz]

Maybe they are negative rake reverse scraping gouges? :oo::doh:

[Paul39]

There is no reason you couldn't resharpen them for use on a lathe.

If they are carbon steel it's probably not worth all the effort. Tim:)

Depends on the size of ones pile of crazy money (the stash in the separate part of the wallet that is spent in tool stores). Some of us have more time than $$ and have almost as much fun making tools as using them.

A razor sharp carbon tool is nice for taking the last bit off, leaving a smooth surface.

I too thought of regrinding and putting on longer handles to make spindle gouges.