Jet 709160 LCS-3P 3-Piece Pen Chisel Set

by Jet

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The Jet LCS-3P 3-Piece Pen Chisel Set is ideal for pen making and other similar projects. The oval skew, bowl gouge, and parting tool are all you'll need when turning the many pen kits available. The chisel features a 3-1/2-inch high-speed steel blade and 5-1/2-inch solid rosewood handles. The set contains a 1/4-inch bowl gouge, a 1/2-inch oval skew chisel, and a 1/8-inch parting tool. This three-piece turning set is an accessory for JML-1014.

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The Jet LCS-3P 3-Piece Pen Chisel Set is ideal for pen making and other similar projects. The oval skew, bowl gouge, and parting tool are all you'll need when turning the many pen kits available. The chisel features a 3-1/2" high-speed steel blade and 5-1/2" solid rosewood handles. The set contains a ¼" bowl gouge, a ½" oval skew chisel, and a 1/8" parting tool. This three-piece turning set is an accessory for JML-1014.

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• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000223MK
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• Item model number: 709160
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,907 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Marketing Ploy, May 20, 2006

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Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jet 709160 LCS-3P 3-Piece Pen Chisel Set (Tools & Home Improvement)

Effective turning tools need length and weight as well as sharp steel. Small chisels may look right when you are making small things on a small lathe, but they will actually make the work harder. Your hands will have to do too much of the work that the leverage of a larger tool would do for you. This is true even if you've bought a lathe as limited as the Jet pen lathe.

A quarter inch gouge may be alright for beading, but most of the work a gouge does in pen turning is roughing out a shape, and a 3/8 or 1/2 gouge will make the work go much faster. The skew is the most important tool you will use, and half inch skews have a problem - they will catch more often than the larger edge of a full size skew. I use a 3/4 inch skew for pen making, ground to a slight curve.

All of these tools work well, but they are very limited and not particularly cheap. If you are going to do anything else besides pen turning you will need full sized tools anyway, so you should putting the cost of this set into buying the best chisels you can afford. In the long run you will save money and get better results.