| Woodworking tool suppliers have risen to the | | | | regular chisels. The Oland tool uses a cutting tip |
| challenge of the woodturner's desire for more and | | | | that lasts well and is easily replaced for one or |
| better tools. Most woodturners are self taught | | | | two dollars. Plus it is not necessary to get used to |
| with the result that beginners are not sure what | | | | a tool that steadily becomes shorter and then |
| tools to use and can become convinced that a | | | | learn to use a newly purchased tool of regular |
| new tool will greatly increase their woodturning | | | | length. It is no great chore, but can be a bit off |
| ability. Quickly they realize that a great deal of | | | | putting for some. |
| money can be spent on tools and in fact many | | | | 3. Woodturners use gouges for spindles and |
| turners own tools with a value greater than that | | | | bowls. These gouges are of different shape, |
| of their wood lathe itself. The Oland tool is a | | | | sharpening style, and generally length. In particular, |
| change from this position with its value and | | | | beginners usually start off with spindles and spindle |
| versatility. | | | | gouges almost always part of beginner |
| There are 4 things to consider when thinking of | | | | woodturning sets of tools. Soon the beginner |
| adding this tool to your woodturning tool arsenal. | | | | wants to try faceplate turning and usually bowls. |
| 1. Typically the Oland tool is made in the home | | | | The spindle gouges are not suited for bowls and |
| shop. This a member of the family of tools | | | | bowl gouges often cost more than the whole |
| known an inserted tip tool. Quite simply, these are | | | | beginner set. Oland tools may be used for either |
| designed to be easy to make and maintain in the | | | | spindles or faceplate work and are ideally suited |
| home shop. A shaft is drilled and tapped to hold a | | | | for bowl turning and at a cost of less than most |
| high speed steel cutting tip, the shaft is inserted | | | | single gouges let alone a set. |
| into a handle turned by the woodturner, and the | | | | 4. Tips for the Oland tool are easily replaced and |
| tip is placed in the shaft. Once sharpened it is | | | | may be ground in an infinite variety of shapes and |
| ready to go for a fraction of the cost of most | | | | angles. The most familiar is a side view of |
| commercial tools. | | | | forty-five degrees and a top view of the tip |
| 2. Tools wear out with use and especially with | | | | slightly rounded. However it is simple to have tips |
| sharpening. Every time a tool is used, a bit of | | | | with sharper angles for speciality cuts, the edges |
| steel is ground away. Woodturners tend to | | | | brought back for cuts similar to an Irish grind on a |
| sharpen much more often than most other | | | | bowl gouge or less angle for scraping the inside of |
| woodworkers and use grinders instead of honing | | | | a hollow form. Individual, inexpensive cutting tips |
| stones. Grinders remove more steel than do | | | | with various grinds are easily kept and quickly |
| stones and the tools wear away faster than | | | | exchanged in a few seconds. |