Carbide Wood Lathe Tools Hollower, Rougher, Detailer with Comfortable Foam Grip Handle - Perfect for Simple Woodturning

Amazon CustomerPaul H.: These are great to use. Was hesitant at first because they seemed long but they have great weight and balance well made tool. I have always used the traditional HSS tools, I wanted to try the carbide to see what they would do, these things cut great. I don't have to stop every 2 hours to resharpen my tool. I will still use the traditional for some things that can't be done with these. It is a little different using them as far as angles you use on the HSS tools. But doesn't take long to pick it up. So glad to see tools still made in the USA. I will probably get some additional handles for the other 2.

United States on Aug 29, 2022

Ryan: Love these! I am a hobby wood turner. I use a nova comet II midi lathe. The carbides are amazing. They are simple to use and you never have to sharpen them. Only reason I didn't give 5 stars is due to the handle. Having only one handle is a bit of a pain, it's two set screws that hold the handle in place. So every time you want to switch you have to turn the lathe off and grab an Allen key. Other then that I absolutely love them. Product is heavy duty, I have had zero issues getting a nice finish. I have them for a couple months now and I still have not had to rotate the cutting heads. I would highly recommend buying two more handles or making your own. They are a bit expensive

United States on Jan 18, 2017

Richard Troiani: I normally don't write reviews but after only an hour using these I felt compelled! First - after opening the box I was stunned by the surgical appearance. These aren't crappy harbor freight tools, these look like they belong in the operating room. They are also well built and have a nice heft to them. At first I was thinking the changing of bits would be a pain, but it's fairly painless, and after using the tools, I can see using one tool to complete something, the progressing to the next for the next stage of the turn.

My test piece was a quarter sawn piece of Padauk sandwiched between two 4/4 pieces of hard maple. I figured I would turn a 6" w by about 5" h candy dish to try it out. The Padauk and Maple were the hardest thing I had and were already laminated.

I started with the roughing gouge and did it just like I saw on Simple's video. Straight plunge on the right till it got smooth and moved left. WOW! This thing cut like butter. I did manage to bog down the lathe by seeing how far I could push it, but again, WOW! After all of 15 seconds I had a nice smooth piece. Then I again did like the video and took about an 1/8th inch plunge on the face and rode it right...

United States on May 05, 2016

ShastastanShastastan: These are excellent quality tools. I bought this set at the end of last year. I added the simple turner and hollower and the short square turner for pen turning. There's nothing wrong with the handle which is very nice, but I don't use it. It's too long for my work area and I don't turn large projects. Also, I don't want to have to remove and change the turners every time. I made my own handles for all five turners. I don't have the swan neck hollower yet but may buy it later. I also have some Easy Wood carbide tools but no larger size ones except for their parting tool. Easy Wood also makes very good quality tools and they use aluminum shanks. I like the Harrison HSS shanks better.

There is definitely a learning curve to using carbide tools. Kerry does do an excellent Youtube demo showing the capabilities of these tools. The shear hollower is a little harder to learn, but it can be learned with some practice. I agree that these tools are easy to learn. What I like is that I have good control with them. Another reviewer complained about not being able to remove a nub with them. I just did that using a smaller EWT diamond detailer. I did discover that I had to use a very...

United States on Oct 26, 2014