Best beginner lathe tool set

While I am by no means a master turner, I’ve been around metal and wood turning lathes a long time. When I started turning wood I bought a set of Harbor Freight carbon steel chisels, and the have served me well. That said, buying sets often leaves you with tools that you never use. I have three ‘go to’ tools that I use for most of my work, a 1” skew that was made for me by a friend, and a 1/2” bowl gouge that I bought from PSI. They are both HSS. I made my own cut off tool from a carbide 1/8 metal cutting cutoff tool. The HF tools were around 20 bucks, and quite useful in learning to sharpen tools. And you will have to sharpen them. You don’t feel as bad when you have to re-grind an inexpensive tool because you mucked up the geometry of the cutting edge. Remember this one point…the lathe is probably your smallest investment…tools and goodies will suck your wallet dry.
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I had these and they were nice. Held an edge well, easy to sharpen and well balanced. They were sold with the lathe when i decided I didnt like turning

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/LCHSS8.html

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I picked up an old Craftsman set about 20 yrs. ago. They are still in use today. Think I paid about $15.00.
The set shown in your initial post looks no better than the HF set which, as pointed out, is a darn good learner set.
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Bill

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These days HSS tools can be had for prices which are not
too high.

You’ll probably want a bowl gouge too, which won’t be
included in a set.

Longer tools for turning are more versatile in my opinion.