Turning Tool Identification

[Crrunion]

I am a beginner wood turner, but I would like to learn to turn enough to make some finials for a clock I hope to build. I have a set of

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tools, but there is one tool that I don't know what to do with. Could anyone identify this tool for me and tell me what kind of work it is designed to do?

Thanks

Randall

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[woodArtz]

I believe you have a spear point tool. It is generally used for scraping and beading.

 

[eyekode]

Looks like the set from HF. I sharpened mine as a scraper. It is about the least used in that set for me.
Good luck!
Salem

 

[Crrunion]

Hey Eyekode, when I first bought my lathe, I bought a set of tools to get started and to practice with. They are marked AMD China. I don't use the lathe much, but if I ever get into it, the first thing I'm going to do is buy a better set of tools.

Randall

 

[eyekode]

I have the HF set. I really can't complain. I still use most of them. I only added a bowl gouge, a thinner parting tool and replaced the detail gouge.
Salem

 

[Crrunion]

I looked up the HF 8 piece set and that looks like them. I may pick up another tool or two from some place like Woodcraft. I need to attend one of their classes at Woodcraft on turning. I had "shop" in High School, and beyond that, what little I know, I learned on my own. I have bought a couple of books recently and am now reading Keith Rowley's "Woodturning: A Foundation Course - New Edition." I reading the chapter on "Sharpening" and the next chapter is "The Laws Of Turning." He has 6 laws. And the chapter after that is "Turning Between Centres" (He's British, so his spelling is funky sometimes) I have also acquired some wood to practice on, and my goal is to turn some finials for a clock I want to build. Hopefully, this will give me the information I need.