You want a Tough Lathe and Sharp Chisels!
Woodcraft - who I have a great deal of time for - have two offers at the moment which are of absolutely no interest to me at all - because I already have them both!
If you haven’t though, they’re well worth a look.
First is this small woodturning lathe from Record, the DML24 X/C. If you’re a Brit, Record Power will be well known to you. If you’re not, you should know that these are tough and powerful given their small size. I’ve had one of these little beauties for years and years and it just keeps going.
I won’t bore you with loads of details, you can look them up at Woodcraft. Suffice to say that I think they’re a great little tool. If you’re just taking up woodturning it will give years of use. I’ve been turning for over twenty years and I have a big lathe for a lot of my work but I still use this often. There are limited stocks for just $199.99 which is over $100.00 off the usual price! Click here before they’re all gone.
Second up is the Flexcut carving chisel set. I love doing a bit of carving from time to time - although I’ll admit it’s not what I’m best at - and my Flexcut chisels are the first tools I reach for, even though they’ve had many a chunk out of me as well as my wood!
The thing is, they’re damn sharp - and easy to keep sharp. They’re flexible (hence the name) and very controllable so even someone as ham-fisted as me can produce good results. You can fit a good many of them into flexible shaft tools as well (you need to check details of which type fits which tool though).
Anyway. the offer is $15.00 off the big starter carving set shown here which also has a relief carving DVD. Details again from Woodcraft here or you can buy individuals. They take an hour or so to get used to if you haven’t had them before, but you’ll soon be surprising yourself at the detail you can get.
