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PSI Woodworking LCHSS8 HSS Wood Lathe Chisel Set, 8-Piece |  | Brand: PSI Woodworking
Category: Home Improvement
Buy New: $59.35
as of 11/7/2009 22:00 CST details
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  28 reviews
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.2
Dimensions (in): 18 x 2 x 13.5
Model: LCHSS8
UPC: 689076541190
EAN: 0689076541190
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Ideal kit for turning small pens, spindles, bowls and larger projects | | • | The M2 High Speed Steel 5-1/4-Inch blades outlast high carbon steel 6-to-1 and will give you years of use | | • | Set includes 8 essential chisels: 3/16-Inch parting tool, 5/8-Inch spear scraper, 1-Inch skew chisel, 5/8-Inch skew chisel, 5/8-Inch round nose scraper, 1/2-Inch bowl gouge, 3/4-Inch spindle gouge, 7/8-Inch roughing gouge | | • | Comes with beautifully turned 10-3/4-Inch hardwood handles in an attractive wood display box | | • | Super value for all turners |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 28
 A Good Set September 25, 2009
J. Crivelli
This 8-piece set of Benjamin's Best lathe Chisels is a great set for the beginning turner.
The assortment is excellent. The heads are broad and the handles long. Each tool is well balanced.
I find them very comfortable to use.
While some experienced turners prefer Henry Taylor or Sorby chisels, for the beginner or casual turner, 40.00+ for a single tool is a lot to spend.
Offshore chisels a great deal for getting started May 30, 2009
Cal's Girl (Iron, MN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I searched the Internet over and this seemed to be the best deal on chisels for beginner lathe work. For the cost the quality is satisfactory and the shipping was free, which I like very much. I only wish I could secure a deal similar to this from an American manufacturer. It seems that soon our whole economy will be based off of unemployed folks like me buying offshore stuff like this to pass the time away while we wait for the Politicians to stop selling America down the river! But hey, I am a sucker for a deal and who can afford patriotism these days? It is a sad state of affairs....
 Initial impressions...Buy it for the chisels, throw the case away. May 2, 2009
David Hostetler (League City, Texas U.S.A.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My set came in this afternoon, and I was able to check them out, and was able to use every one of the tools except for the scrapers.
The chisel set handles are marked "Benjamins Best" burned into the handles which appear to be well made, and the high speed steel tool sections seem well attached.
In use the gouges worked as they should, and cut as cleanly as a gouge would be expected to. The parting tool cut fast and clean, and the skews left a nice finish, ready for sanding.
However the "decorative storage box" is utter junk. Mine came with unglued box joints and paper thin metal hardware. All joints on the box were so badly done that a 6th grade wood shop student would have received a failing grade if this were a class project. I don't know WHY PSI would market this under their name. I guess they don't care if they are getting a reputation for corner cutting.
I have a friend with the high end HSS set from Harbor Freight. The tools in the set appear almost identical to these, but at least that had a glued, trimmed, and finished case.
I opted for the PSI set over the HF set simply because I thought it was only a few bucks more than the HF after you figure in shipping, and it should be higher quality stuff...
I was wrong.
I don't regret buying this set. The tools cut really well. But I am planning on tossing the case in the fireplace and building a proper rack for these...
I don't claim to be a wood turning expert, I am just starting out after not having touched a lathe for 20+ years... But I know quality, and I know junk, and the box that they sent had a mixture. Reasonable quality tools inside an absolute junk case.
Suggestion for PSI. Instead of including the box that nobody likes, replace it with a decent tool wrap / roll that we can keep the tools protected and stored...
Good set for a beginner April 20, 2009
D. Fellows
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a beginner at woodturning and needed a moderately priced chisel set that I could learn with. This set meets my needs very well. I have used five of the eight chisels so far. They hold an edge reasonably well and I have been able to do some good turning with these tools.
Good starter chisel set April 13, 2009
Richard L. Wills (Crofton, KY USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Better than average starter set that includes more than you will need to get started turning. Arrived faster than I was expecting.
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