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homemade woodturning tools

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 improvised bowl holder  irish grinder  not quite ellsworth but good enough  set up to grinder  big hollower - car torsion bar 20mm diam  cutting tips from old files  4ft plus! tips  i was asked to post some pictures of homemade hollowing tools etc. the bars are 20mm torsion bars from a car breakers - heavy steel with little vibration, the curve was manufactured by cutting and assembling on the existing bend in the bar the handles are just hazel drilled and banged on, they end up under arm so do not need to be straight (no pilot drill in any case) the length allows me step around the big beam holding the centering arm of the lath which gets in the way for hollowing the cutting tips are from flat files ground into shape and the cutting edge finished with the home made irish grind jig, they cut well but need sharpening from time to time subsequent tips made from car leaf springs, amazing steel, holds edge well results on my w