Chisels

[Brianbanfielf]

I’m a Newbie . About to collect a Record Power DML 250 and I need some reasonably priced chisels suitable for intermittent turning, spindles and the odd bowl.
Advice please as my budget is somewhat restrictive.

 

[TheTiddles]

You only need a handful of tools to make most things. eBay etc. regularly have huge bundles of them going very cheap. I’d go for...
Roughing gouge
Parting tool
Skew chisel
Bowl gouge
Round nose scraper
That will do 95%+ of everything you might want to make

Aidan

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I'll send you some spindle turning tools for the cost of the P&P. They're carbon steel not HSS, but good makes and good tools. They'll get you started. I'll message you if you're interested.

edit - I feel obliged to warn you - they will be newly ground so quite sharp.

 

[Roberto Flintofski]

Hi Phil, if the OP doesn't take you up on your very generous offer I am just starting off, have the Union Graduate but no tools as of yet !

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Send me your address and email address, please. I've had no response here or to a message to the OP so I'll sort you out a few.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Anyone there?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

This giving things away business is proving difficult.

 

[Bale]

Beware! No good turn goes unpunished.

Pete

 

[Sheptonphil]

This giving things away business is proving difficult.

Have found exactly the same thing via our local Freecycle group. When moving house this year we downsized considerably and the amount of people who said me, me, me and then didn’t bother to turn up to collect freebies was so frustrating. With out latest clear out from sorting a quarter of what we did take with us, we set a table up on the front walkway and let passers by help themselves. We just put a note on the estate Facebook page. Most went same day.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

 

[Trevanion]

Obviously he thought you were having him on when you said they were sharp, Phil!

 

[artie]

I put some stuff on freecycle a while back.
Guy phones me up and says, will I deliver it, he's about 15 miles away..
Bloody cheek

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I'll let you know how much they fetch on ebay.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

These are now spoken for.

 

[Pete Hughes]

Hello Phil, that’s been a very generous offer, wish I had seen the post earlier. I was needing an average quality bowl gouge. Bought one eventually from D&M tools, a Record 3/8 but more like 1/2 inch.
Pete