I got this small hook shaped chisel bundled with a bunch of turning chisels I bought. It doesn't seem like anything I would use for turning, unless I enjoy tools flinging across the room. What is it and what would I use it for?
Looks like homemade hollowing tool for small turnings like ornaments & acorns. Little confuse by shape of tip, looks like would catch a lot. Made small hollowing tools from allen wrenches tips had more round shape for easy scraping. Only used them to scrap away material under the hole or lip to make room for my spindle gouge.
Lot of info on how to turn ornaments and making homemade tools on the web.
Broke down and bought Sorby ¼" three piece unhandled HSS scraper set many years ago and still use them.
Looking at CFrye's captive ring link makes more sense to me for that purpose
Yep, very useful in deeper mortises (or ones deep relative to their cross section). I have a couple of them and there are some times where they are the best solution by far.
I have a couple similar to that and I use them for cleaning up the corners of mortices and other similar pockets. I'm not sure if that are what mine were made for but they are useful in the corners. I think that I got mine on Ebay with several other chisels.
I'm pretty sure it's a lock mortise chisel, although the bevel at the cutting end is ground at the opposite angle-perpendicular to the tool rather than in line, as the Two Cherries one is. On the other hand, I don't see any reason it can't be used as whatever it works for. I don't mortise locks, but I might turn some of those fancy captured rings (thanks Candy) and I will definitely be turning some small vessels some time soon. One thing for sure, I will not use it on anything heavy enough to grab it, twist my hand off, nail me in the forehead or worst of all, damage some perfectly good wood.
Thanks for all the feedback, it's really helpful.
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