3PC Carbide Mini Turning Tool Set With Foam Lined Case Perfect For Turning Pens Pencils Tops Goblets Acorns Bottle Stoppers or any Small to Mid-Size Turning Project, Lathe Tools Mini (3pc)

Excellent quality. The blades wear quickly on harder wood, but they are easy to change.Great balance and are comfortable to use

I have expensive Robert Sorby tools and cheap HF side by side within my turning setup. Folks may notice my sort of high-end Vicmarc chuck with sharkjaws sitting on a HF lathe costing half as much as the chuck. All this to say, I put my money where it matters for me in my turning experience.I didn't have any carbide turning tools until this set and I do like them. The carbide does excellent in hard woods and exotics. I found the flat cut on the bottom of each steel shaft was a good reminder of what level is while and to not use these like a traditional tool where a bevel often needs to ride the workpiece. Hold these with the point at center of the work piece and keep the tool shaft level and the results are quite good. I bought these to clean up an epoxy impregnated workpiece and didn't feel like beating up a traditional HSS cutting edge any more. They did a much better job with the mixed wood epoxy then any other tools I had. I have since used them in many US and exotichardwood with similar pleasing results. I was able to make two nice candle sticks from the ash with these with very minimal sanding and that job paid for the tools. Cutting edge retention is very good. Only after 4 hours of turning did I notice the first edge on the square cutter has finally started to show the abuse, albeit barely. Considering you can rotate the cutters to a new edge and two cutters per tool are included - that is a lot of material to be removing without so much as an edge dressing. I might invest in a diamond sharpener and see if I can return them to factor edge. Even if I can't it's probably worth the 10-20 dollars to buy new and get all three insert pairs again.If one is buying these for bowls larger than 3 inches deep or 8 inches in diameter I recommend buying the longer version for safety and more leverage. Anything under those dimensions and they are perfect.Update: I did buy a dual grit 1000 and 1500 diamond card sharpener and I was able to restore the factor edge. Still on the original inserts that came with the purchase.

I purchased these carbide tools as a start to my woodturning experience. I designed and built my own mini lathe with all parts purchased piecemeal thru Amazon. I “baptized” it with these tools. Being new to this hobby , I found that the tools performed great. They cut smoothly and cleanly. The rubber grips makes them comfortable to use. To me they are the right length for my mini lathe. The case they come in is foamed lined which is a plus. As mentioned by other reviewers who had the metal collars come loose, Savannah, the company, seems to have remedied this problem by inserting a metal pin through the collar which holds it to the handle. I’m more than satisfied with this purchase and would recommend it.

This is a great product but there is one minor flaw the silver ring around the handle is a loose fit, This ring just might vibrate loose when turning, although I did not have this happen because I fixed it first before turning. The issue is easily fixed, just put some CA glue on the wood and press the ring back in place it fits well enough that the Ca glue will be able to bond it or at least mine dose. The carbide cutters are well polished and sharp on all of them they cut very well and leave a good surface i did experience some tear out on highly figured wood but that may have been user error, for those of you who know wood properties you have to cut in the down hill direction in order to get a tear out free cut. Cutting with the grain so to speak, i have not had any issues with the carbide dulling even though i took some fairly heavy cuts. Carbide turning tools are great for beginners or kids who are still learning to use the lathe there is not a specific way you have to hold the tool or specific movements needed for diffrent types of cuts. Over all these are great tools for a beginner, or hobbyist and I recommend them.

Love the tools, they are comfortable to hold and move well on the tool rest. Of course they are super sharp and they make quick work of whatever you're spinning. Because I've generally made most of my pens with a gouge I've never gotten comfortable with a skew. With that said, I had little interest in the square tool. So I ordered the Ci2-R2 cutter at the same time and immediately replaced the square cutter.What follows is my impressions based on my not so expert opinion and limited to pen making. It didn't take long to find the sweet spot for any of the tools and they throw more chips than sawdust. The diamond shape cutter's radius is too large for pen making in my opinion. If it had been the diamond point cutter I could see it being a little more useful for such small work. I will likely order the diamond point cutter to replace it. The round tool is probably the most forgiving of the three and ideal for concave shapes. It does require a slightly steadier hand than the square radius cutter to get a evenly smooth surface. Although I will find uses for all three I can easily get everything done with the square radius cutter as it relates to what I make and how I work.They're all very fine tools and as others have mentioned the metal bands were loose but unlikely an issue for most since it took a whopping 60 seconds to put glue on them. The tool case is a nice bonus and I'm not at all disappointed I purchased them.