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<p>There are 11 basic woodturning tools used in wood working: roughing gouge, spindle gouge, bowl gouge, skew chisel, parting tool, hallowing tool, scraper, bowl saver, auger, chatter tool, and wire.</p>
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<p>Creating a wood project requires certain tools to perfectly cut, drill, carve, or shape the wood. So that you can efficiently produce a well-made wood product, your tools must be sharped and maintained at all times. Below are the different types of woodturning tools to use in making a wood project:</p>
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<p>Roughing gouge</p>
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<p>This is a flat cutting tool that produces a large cut. It will roughly shape a wooden spindle and is ideal for the initial cutting of wood pieces. It is not advisable to use a roughing gouge when making a bowl shaped item.</p>
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<p>Spindle gouge</p>
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<p>This is also known as a detail gouge. It is a shallow cutting tool that is responsible for the detailed turning pattern of a spindle.</p>
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<p>A bowl gouge has a longer handle than the spindle gouge and is responsible for turning large bowls. The thicker shaft one this tool allows you to cut farther away from you than other gouges.</p>
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<p>Skew chisel</p>
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<p>This angled edge chisel is used to smooth spindles with flat surfaces. It also adds detail, which is why it should be sharpened at all times.</p>
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<p>Parting tool</p>
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<p>This tool separates large and small diameter sizes of straight edge wood. It is a pointed tool and has wider sizes that are known as bedans. The parting tool produces even cuts on spindles.</p>
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<p>Hallowing tool</p>
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<p>This tool is used to make deep bowls and any other projects that require the hallowing out of a particular area. Among all cutting tools, the hallowing tool has the longest handle to enable you to reach deeper when you are hallowing wood.</p>
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<p>This tool, when dull, scrapes the fiber of the wood to smooth wood surfaces. It can also be used to shape wood that cannot be shaped by gouges. A sharp scraper has a burr at the edge and is used to cut wood.</p>
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<p>A bowl saver functions like an ice cream scoop. It scoops out solid wood pieces when hallowing wood. A bowl saver stores the interior wood core that is scraped off until you are ready to turn the wood core into a smaller bowl or other hollowed wood item.</p>
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<p>An auger is a drilling tool that initially hollows or holes a wood. This tool produces cylindrical holes in wood items.</p>
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<p>Chatter tool</p>
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<p>A chatter tool is a scraper that can create "chatter marks" on turned wood. These marks are for decorative purposes.</p>
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<p>Wires are rubbed on the wood to burn lines into it. Some wires come with attached handles on each side.</p>
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<p>More specific types of woodturning tools also function for other special purposes. For basic woodturning needs, however, start with the tools mentioned above.</p>
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