Carbide Mini Turning Tool 3-Piece Set

I am newer to turning and these were recommended to me at Rockler. First off these are amazing tools to work with, they cut great and are easy to work with. I have found I need a much lighter touch using them. All around great product.

Have now owned this set for a couple months now. The short shaft is great supplement to my set of longer tools. They work great for turning small items like pens or in my case adding details to spindles or small bowl work. These are still scrapers so even though they keep their edge longer they will still have the same problems as a standard scraper. They come with a PVC tubing protector on each of their ends that is very stiff, so I had to push off the tubing verses being able to pull it off. Care is needed when pushing this tube off so you don't cut yourself! Even though I don't mind sharpening I found that it is easy to remove the carbide cutters and with a couple of strokes the top surface only a fine diamond stone I was back to turning within a minute. I knowing that I will not have to sharpen again for quite some time. The unique handles with the small flat on the tool shaft are well made and help creating small details quickly.