Thread: hook tools

Thanks for having me (though I'll have to go to the gym extra because of the slices and bickies Sue made me eat)

I had my first play with a lever chuck and got to try out Hughie's experimental hooktools and ball (?) tools

Good fun

It is a fair hike but somehow the vehicle took me to Hare & Forbes first, dunno why

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Thanks for having me (though I'll have to go to the gym extra because of the slices and bickies Sue made me eat)

I bet Ray and Neil had to hold you down, whilst Sue forced fed you the slices and bickies.

Originally Posted by Pat

I bet Ray and Neil had to hold you down, whilst Sue forced fed you the slices and bickies.

Neil who's ............oh Hughie

Pat it was terrible he insulted Sue said her cooking was disgusting and NO-ONE else should be fed any so he would eat the lot so they didn't have to suffer.

Oh have one of the hook tools here to play with

Ijust gotta ask (others are probably wondering too), Why are you using Cole Jaws?

Originally Posted by

Ijust gotta ask (others are probably wondering too), Why are you using Cole Jaws?

Why not use Cole Jaws?? Is there a hard and fast rule says you MUST use a certain type of jaw?? Considering as Hughie brought up Jaws for wood turning have only been around a short time.

I think we were going to turn a tenon on the camphor but finding the Cole Jaws holding well we just continued. The turning wasn't to become something in particular. Although it may as it still is on my lathe

Please forgive my ignorance, but i'm a question asker, what do the hook type tools do that the regular skew / gouge / scraper / parting tools do not do, or do better? I've never seen them before and i'm struggling to think of a purpose other than decorative or a hidden lip or something. Genuinely i do not know. Going to go google it.

Neal.

Edit: answered meself, its used for end grain turning interiour pieces, and takes the place of both scraper and gouge, a tool that allows both jobs to be done without the need to toolchange and at the flick of your wrist so to speak.

Originally Posted by thompy

Please forgive my ignorance, but i'm a question asker, what do the hook type tools do that the regular skew / gouge / scraper / parting tools do not do, or do better? I've never seen them before and i'm struggling to think of a purpose other than decorative or a hidden lip or something. Genuinely i do not know. Going to go google it.

Neal.

Edit: answered meself, its used for end grain turning interiour pieces, and takes the place of both scraper and gouge, a tool that allows both jobs to be done without the need to toolchange and at the flick of your wrist so to speak.

Neal no silly questions here.

The hook tool works best on green wood as it clears it out easier do a google for Robin Wood and check his video out he uses them as well as makes them.

Ijust gotta ask (others are probably wondering too), Why are you using Cole Jaws?

They were the biggest jaws Ray had on hand to hold the blank. I only brought with me a smaller set 50mm I think and should had the 140mm with me .
Anyway the hook tools worked fine for carbon steel, gave em away to Nick and Ray along with a couple of modified old end mills sharpened up much like Oland tools.

All in all a successful morning, only marred by the fact I had to go to work

Yeah

Work is the curse of the hobby turner

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Why not use Cole Jaws?? Is there a hard and fast rule says you MUST use a certain type of jaw?? Considering as Hughie brought up Jaws for wood turning have only been around a short time.

I think we were going to turn a tenon on the camphor but finding the Cole Jaws holding well we just continued. The turning wasn't to become something in particular. Although it may as it still is on my lathe

Just wondering why you hollow it first and then have to work out some way of holding it to do the back.

Originally Posted by hughie

They were the biggest jaws Ray had on hand to hold the blank. I only brought with me a smaller set 50mm I think and should had the 140mm with me .
Anyway the hook tools worked fine for carbon steel, gave em away to Nick and Ray along with a couple of modified old end mills sharpened up much like Oland tools.

All in all a successful morning, only marred by the fact I had to go to work

Good to see the hook tools worked well.

Work tends to get in the way of our pleasure.

How would a few different sized sidchrome spanners go with a bit of grinding done on them ????

Originally Posted by Sapling

How would a few different sized sidchrome spanners go with a bit of grinding done on them ????

If they were forged, they might be okay, but if they were cast, they would be brittle, and prone to breaking.

How would a few different sized sidchrome spanners go with a bit of grinding done on them

Most are chrome vanadium more tough that hard but some are capable of being hardened. I made a 8" shifta into a cold chisel once and it worked just fine.


You will just have to give it a go and see how it turns out