Opinions on/about Hurricane 16 Piece Woodturning HSS Chisel Set

[George Courson]

The Hurricane 16 Piece Woodturning HSS Chisel Set (http://www.thewoodturningstore.com/products/Hurricane-16-Piece-Woodturning-HSS-Chisel-Set-631.html?sid=9499aae92adb4a5e85ecd9a4083dca23)look s to be a decent set of tools, giving a wide enough range. Question is, have any of y'all tried them and/or are they any good?

They claim "These are great tools if you need to outfit your shop with quality tools but can't spend $80 and up for a single tool. You will find them to be a great value. We recommend starting out with the standard series and upgrading to our Professional Series as your skills grow."

Anyone with any experience with them, please weigh in.

[Bob Bouis]

They are a bit lighter construction, shorter flutes, etc., than some of the popular tools here. But they aren't bad. The handles are a good length, the steel is HSS and seems to work well enough, and except for the spindle gouges they have decent usable lengths. I have several hurricane tools and use them on a regular basis.

Whether you need the whole set is a different question, however. It's a good price per tool but a lot of them you could do without, would rather have better tools, etc. And of course it depends on what you already have.

[David Delo]

Can't speak to this entire set but I did get there set of 3 bowl & set of 3 spindle gouges and overall can't complain. I bought them to try out different grinds for different applications to see what I liked best without grinding away on my better quality stuff. I put a 40/40 grind on the 1/4" bowl gouge for dovetailing bowl tenons and it's become my go to tool for that. Have a 75 degree bevel on the 3/8" and it works great as a bottom feeder. Not so satisfied with the 1/2" that has a 60 degree Thompson style grind. Doesn't seem to keep an edge like the others so I use it for initial cuts where there's some bark. Might convert it to a bottom feeder to see if it's any better. I've been using the spindle gouges on some spheres and they seem to do a good job and give good finish and keep their edge pretty well. Never used their scrapers or SRG's so no opinion. With a fresh edge, they seems to do just fine.