Carbatec Cryogenic Turning Tools
6-piece large woodturning set
$389
This set of tools looks very impressive when it is opened. It includes a 28mm roughing gouge, 19mm flat skew chisel, 12mm spindle gouge, 12mm bowl gouge, 19mm diamond parting tool and 19mm round nose scraper. The tools are 170–220mm in length and the handles are 320mm in length.
The handles are high quality, the stainless steel ferrules are excellent, and the finish on the tools themselves is of a very high standard, particularly the profile and polished finish inside the flutes of the gouges. But, apart from the smooth flutes, all of this is mostly cosmetic and will not have any effect on how well they will cut, which is the main consideration for any tool. In fact if they were my tools, the first thing I would do is sand the handles to give me a better grip because I find them too slippery.
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