wood turning chisel

[benjy]

i was about to list some turning chisels on ebay and came across this one,,forgot i had it,,need to know what its called :)   thats an 8 inchadjustable for scale

[BruceS]

Who was it manufactured by ?  Can't make it out.

[benjy]

its made by record power ,,but i cant find it on the website.or anywhere else.it came to me with some regular record power turning tools.

[scottg]

I think its a spinning tool.
 For turning soft metal on a monster duty lathe.
The super long,   tuck-it-under-your-armpit handle,  is kind of a giveaway.

 Of course they keep making wood lathes bigger and bigger, and cutting a hole a foot deep into block, for a vase or somesuch, is a very big deal.
   Could be for something like that.
  yours Scott

[rusty]

> Of course they keep making wood lathes bigger and bigger, and cutting a hole a foot deep into block, for a vase or somesuch, is a very big deal.
 >  Could be for something like that.

No, because only the wood handle part is long, the part that goes on the rest is short, so it's for leverage, not reach, normally you want extra leverage for a heavy chisel, or a parting tool, but the edge on that looks like a scraper, you don't normally need tons of leverage to scrape....

I think you are on the right track with metal forming/spinning tool....

[BruceS]

I doubt metal spinning,  those tools are generally very blunt and polished.   And have holes in the tool for moving on a peg or some times not.  Unless is is for parting off an edge ?

I'm thinking I would give it a try as a scraper in a bowl,  but I would expect catches.

[benjy]

i am sure it is for wood,,it came with these in photo,also had wood traces on the shaft,,the others are all on the record website,,,but not this

[Branson]

It might be a shear scraper.  Sorby makes a "multi-tip shear cutter" with a variety of shaped blades, and Crown does as well.  The blades are replaceable and available.  The ones I can find are 90 degrees to this one, but 45 degree shear cutters/scrapers are available.