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• Barr Tools

  

  Barr has taken his knowledge and skill and applied them to the making of fine woodworking hand tools.
  
  In a day and age where most tools are drop forged, stamped or cut out and then poorly tempered, a majority of people have never had the pleasure of using a well-made tool.
  
  Hand forging with hammers compresses the steel, introducing more carbon into a smaller area. Carbon is what cuts, therefore you get a superior edge. After annealing, the tools are quenched then tempered to the proper hardness.
  
  The tool is then fitted with a hardwood handle that seats properly in the socket. The shock ring on top helps prevent splitting.

• Carter and Son Toolworks

  

  They’ve worked with M42 high speed steel for over 4 decades, and it’s uniquely suited to woodturning. You’ll grind less - a cobalt additive provides unparalleled edge holding. And the steel produces a finer, sharper edge for clean cuts. M42 is a win-win: less grinding and smoother cuts.

  Every tool you receive from Carter's Seattle factory is meticulously built and backed by a lifetime guarantee. Hassle-free returns and friendly service is their promise. Start enjoying a razor edge and unmatched workmanship at your lathe.

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• Robust Tools

  

  Robust woodturning tools are manufactured from premium high speed steel (HSS) that has been treated with their proprietary Nitriding process.

  All Robust gouges are flat milled on the top and you can use your sharpening jig over the full length of the tool.

  Their bowl gouges feature a parabolic flute. Parabolic flutes optimize three things: 1) a good size flute for chip ejection, 2) leaving enough metal in the gouge for good strength and 3) sharpenability for finger nail grinds, conventional grinds and the 40/40 grind.

  Spindle gouges feature a shallow curved flute equal to the diameter of the gouge. For instance, the 1/2″ diameter spindle gouges has a flute with a 1/4″ radius.