Anyone tried Northwood Tools' Chisels?

[tea lady]

These tools are advertised on ebay again. Anyone here tried them? Are they good?http://stores.ebay.com.au/northwoodtools

[Elbow]

TL
Dean did a review on these. Try www.onlinetoolreviews.com

Allan

[rsser]

Michael of the late MIK spoke well of them for the price; think Scooter got one at the last Melb WWW show.

.... Allan, on your lunch break? Or have you taken the gold watch? ;-}

[robyn2839]

great tools ,i have owned them. take a look at the reveiw well reccommended.and look at the price at least half the price of the nearest competitor....bob

[funkychicken]

They're good for a beginner. For softwoods they're great but for hard stuff they aren't as good as the Hamlets/ P+Ns etc.

[tea lady]

They did seem pretty good for the price. I am getting lots of sharpening practice at the Community Shed as every time I go there I have to fix up the grind of all the chisels I want to use. (Someone manages to take big chunks out of the bowl gouges every week:doh:)(I guess its all practice though:rolleyes:) But it would be good to have one or two that I knew were the same as I left them last time.:cool:

[rsser]

Yes indeed, that does help in the learning curve.

(And since it didn't sell, you can have my Sorby 3/8" spindle gouge for the cost of postage. Not the best steel and not the worst either but a serviceable flute shape).

[tea lady]

Yes indeed, that does help in the learning curve.

(And since it didn't sell, you can have my Sorby 3/8" spindle gouge for the cost of postage. Not the best steel and not the worst either but a serviceable flute shape).
:oo: :B Gee That's so nice of you. Maybe you would like some pottery in exchange. Some mugs, or a teapot? Or a salad bowl? :doh: You've prolly got enough of those.:rolleyes:

[rsser]

Hi AM,

A pleasure; no need to reciprocate really (but a teapot is always welcome :) ).

Let me know your street address and I'll post the gouge - won't be riding for a few weeks.

Cheers,

Ern

[Cliff Rogers]

...- won't be riding for a few weeks....
Uh-oh... what happened? :?

[Harry72]

Those tools are good for the money spent, I have 3 a 1" roughing gouge and a 1" skew plus a 1" round nose scraper.
They hold their edge ok till you lathe up the real hard woods or something that has a lot of silica/sand. The Woodcut gouges I have last approx twice as long before touching up compared to the NW tools... but just one larger woodcut cost twice what the whole 3 NW's cost!(yep about 6 NW's for the same price)

[rsser]

Uh-oh... what happened? :?

Nothing serious Cliff; just an old hand injury that has to be splinted for 6 weeks.

[Grumpy John]

Nothing serious Cliff; just an old hand injury that has to be splinted for 6 weeks.

Not splintered I notice :rolleyes:

[hitch]

Don't want to hijack the thread but a question sort of related.

I'm an absolute turning beginner who has just purchased a lathe and hasn't held a turning chisel since school days - a zillion years ago.

What basic chisels should I purchase to get started learning. I imagine practice would include turning handles, legs, tops (spinning) etc. (any suggestions?) using soft woods. Can't imagen using any large pieces for sometime.

Maybe a few (which ones) of these chisels would be right to get started.

Any comment/advice greatly appreciated.

[hitch]

Don't want to hijack the thread but a question sort of related.

I'm an absolute turning beginner who has just purchased a lathe and hasn't held a turning chisel since school days - a zillion years ago.

What basic chisels should I purchase to get started learning. I imagine practice would include turning handles, legs, tops (spinning) etc. (any suggestions?) using soft woods. Can't imagen using any large pieces for sometime.

Maybe a few (which ones) of these chisels would be right to get started.

Any comment/advice greatly appreciated.

Help.

And can anyone tell me why the quick reply button brings up the quote??

[Cliff Rogers]

Hitch, pull up a chair, sit down, and start reading.... :D

This is the post about my favourites.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=47789

& the pictures are in this post.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=34668



Here is a collection of posts worth reading.
This is mostly advice to new turners with a bit of extra info about handles & sharpening jigs.
Hang on to this list & go back to it every now & then for a refresher. :2tsup:

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=66743

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=66543

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=65890

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=65123

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=61776

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=61549

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=60751

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=57833

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=23438

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=57457

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=56843

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=56822

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=54676

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=53574

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=53789

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=52164

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=53339

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=52892

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=52583

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=52155

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=51792

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=51253

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=47688

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=46236

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=43937

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=43992

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=42001

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=40529

That will do for now I think. :rolleyes:

[tea lady]

:rolleyes: Gee! Thanks Cliff.:p

[Cliff Rogers]

Are you sitting down TL? :D

[hitch]

Hitch, pull up a chair, sit down, and start reading.... :D
~snip~

Wow thanks Cliff. Think I'll go to bed now and tackle this little lot tomorrow.

Thank you so much for the response. Was only silence for a while, I thought because I tapped into this thread, so just started a separate thread with my question. Obviously don't need that now.

Thanks again.:U