I had fun this week.

4/12/18, 1:26 AM #1

john lucas
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I had fun this week.

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I purchased the cheapest set of turning tools that Harbour freight has. I paid $18 plus tax. I got them home and ran a test. They are High Carbon Steel. They actually had a halfway decent grind on them. Anyway I reground most of them and simply sharpened to a higher level the ones I didn't reshape. They work pretty well. I think with my grinds on them a beginner would be well served. I'm working on a video to show what I did. I'll try to post it once I get it done.

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4/12/18, 4:26 AM #2

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They'll serve a beginner well if they have a sharpening system and know how to use it. It's the sharpening frequency that turned a lot of people off to turning in the day. Of course back then there was no Wolverine system either.

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4/12/18, 6:00 PM #3

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Were the tools labeled as HSS?

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4/12/18, 8:40 PM #4

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no there aren't any markings on it. I used my grinder to do a spark test and it tested like High Carbon Steel. They have also been hardened to a fairly high hardness as tested by a file.

I had fun this week.

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