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Wood Turning Chisels, Cutters & Gouges

Turning chisels and gouges remove material and shape your work.  Bowl gouges, spindle gouges, parting tools and scrapers perform specific turning tasks.  Carbide‑tipped cutters offer long life and reduced sharpening.

What are the main types of woodturning chisels and gouges?

  • Spindle gouges: for shaping between centres and fine detail work.

  • Bowl gouges: for hollowing and shaping bowls.

  • Parting tools: for cutting workpieces free or creating grooves.

  • Skew chisels: for smooth finishing cuts and fine detail.
    Each tool has a specific role in shaping and refining turned wood.

How do I keep my woodturning tools sharp?
Regular sharpening on a grinder with the correct jig or using a sharpening system is essential. Honing with a diamond file or slipstone between sharpenings helps maintain a keen edge. Dull tools are unsafe and give poor results.

What accessories are useful for woodturning chisels and gouges?
Sharpening jigs, tool rests, and protective tool rolls are common accessories. Carbide cutter inserts are also available for some tools, offering replaceable cutting edges that reduce the need for frequent sharpening.

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Hamlet | 3/8" Masterflute Bowl Gouge

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Milled from round bar, these bowl gouges are created for making the best of turned bowls, for heavy profile cuts or for delicate feather cuts T...

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Hamlet | Multi-Tip Scraper

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Hamlet multi tip scraper comes standard with three heavy duty scraping tips, round, square and pear shaped replacement tips Pear shaped HCT149a...

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Hamlet | 1 1/2" X 3/8" Heavy Duty Round Scraper

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Used to hollow and give a smooth finish to concave surfaces such as the inside of a bowl or goblet Made from M2 Steel

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Hamlet | 1/4" Bowl Gouge

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Milled from round bar Every Hamlet bowl gouge is finely turned for making the best of turned bowls, for heavy profile cuts or delicate feather c...

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Hamlet | Gouge 1/4" Spindle

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1/4" Spindle Gouge Hamlet Spindle Gouges, quality tools for the spindle turner The spindle gouge as a shallow flute and is the tool to use when ...

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Hamlet | Scraper Interchangeable Shaped

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Interchangeable Shaped Scraper 1/8" thick interchangeable scraper with 5mm hole For use with Hamlet little sister hollowing (HCT700) as well as...

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Hamlet | 1" Standard Skew (Online Only) - BPM Toolcraft
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Hamlet | 1" Standard Skew

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Made from flat rectangular bar the standard skew chisels are heavier than the oval skews and this gives a more positive feel in use and reduces...

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Henry Taylor | Parting Tool 5mm thick x 22mm Wide - BPM Toolcraft
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Henry Taylor | Parting Tool 5mm thick x 22mm Wide

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These tools are for cutting deep grooves and for separating (parting) finished work from the waste

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Creative Turning | Hollowing Shaft With 8.9mm Slightly Bent Carbide Cutter

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Creative Turning is now offering its popular hollowing tool, CT_M2034T as individual tools. The replaceable Tungsten Carbide cutters are mounted on...

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Creative Turning | Hollowing Shaft With 8.9mm Straight Carbide Cutter

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Creative Turning is now offering its popular hollowing tool, CT_M2033T as individual tools. The replaceable Tungsten Carbide cutters are mounted on...

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Creative Turning | Carbidect Carbide Tip Chisel - 10mm Square bar & 11x11mm Arc Square Cutter

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Creative Turning Carbidect Carbide Tip Chisel - 10mm Square bar & 11x11mm Arc Square Cutter Creative Turning Carbide Tip Chisel with 10mm Squa...

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Creative Turning | Carbidect Carbide Tipped Chisel - 28 x 10mm Diamond Cutter

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Creative Turning Carbidect Carbide Tipped Chisel - 28 x 10mm Diamond Cutter Creative Turning Carbide Tip Chisel with 12mm Square bar and 28x10 mm ...

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Creative Turning | Carbidect Carbidect Carbide Tipped Chisel - 12mm Square bar & 15mm Square cutter

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Creative Turning Carbidect Carbide Tip Chisel 12mm Square bar & 15mm Square cutter Creative Turning Carbide Tip Chisel with 12mm Square bar an...

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Creative Turning | Handle with Beech Wood Extension Handles and ER20 9-10+ER20 11-12 Collets - BPM Toolcraft
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Creative Turning | Beech Multi-Handle

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Tool Handles Collet Mounted Tool Handle with ER Collet for Quick Release, 9-10mm and 11 to 12mm Two pcs interchangeable beechwood tail pieces - ...

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Creative Turning | Arc Square Negative Rake Carbide Cutter 11X11mm

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Arc Square Negative Rake Carbide Cutter Negative Rake Carbide Cutters are less aggressive than standard cutters It is therefore safer and virtual...

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Simon Hope | Quick Release Small Head Only

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  Small Quick Release Head Only Small in gold = 10mm Medium in blue = 13,2mm Large in red = 16,2 mm 10mm collets suit 3/8" spindle and 1/4" in...

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Simon Hope | Box Scraper Negative Rake Round

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Negative Rake Round Box Scraper Specially designed for finishing the inside of the average-sized box/small open vase Very easy to use, and give...

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Simon Hope | Texturing Tool Large Long

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  Large, Long Texturing Tool 360mm long and 19mm diameter bar Signature Tracy Owen designed texturing tools Solid 19mm bar with textured rubbe...

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Simon Hope | Texturing Tool Large Coarse Wheel Only

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Large, Coarse Texturing Tool, Wheel Only Coarse texturing wheel for Simon Hope large texturing tool  

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Simon Hope | Handle Deluxe Quick Release 10" Body Only

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10" Deluxe Quick Release Handle, Body Only Bodies only can be purchased separately to add with existing heads. Or you can build your own by buyi...

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Simon Hope | Gouge Crown Cryo 3/8" Double End Bowl

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  Crown CRYO Double End Bowl Gouge 1/4" - 350mm long. Fits into small (gold) grub or small (gold) quick head 3/8" - 410mm long.  Fits into medi...

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Simon Hope | Skew Tang Tool Crown Cryo 19mm Radius

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  Crown CRYO 19 mm Radius Skew Tang Tool Length: 295mm 19 mm radius skew These tang tools are specially fixed into a 16mm round bar A special...

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Simon Hope | Gouge Crown Cryo 10mm Double End Spindle

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Double End Spindle Gouge 3/8" - 350 mm long. Fits into small (gold) grub or small (gold) quick head. 1/2" - 350 mm long.  Fits into medium (bl...

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Hamlet | Scraper 1" X 3/8" Heavy Duty Bowl

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Heavy Duty Bowl Scraper 1" X 3/8" This Henry Taylor Hamlet heavy duty bowl scraper is designed to keep vibration to a minimum, and comes with exce...

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