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    Woodturning could be considered as one of those arts that you either love or hate. It can be a very addictive 'hobby' and many of those that caught the woodturning bug have gone on to make a living out of it!

Any good woodturner will tell you that you need to get your hands on some good tools to get the most out of the hobby/profession. Personally, I started with a fairly mediocre lathe, and a very budget set of carbon steel chisels, simply because I wasn't sure whether woodturning would suit my tastes. Now of course, the bug has bitten and I am somewhat enthused about this form of art. There is something about turning an ordinary piece of branch wood into a nice looking goblet, or a slice of tree trunk into a useable fruit bowl that has some magic about it. And of course, your friends will be marvelled at the wonderful items you have, or will create simply by spinning a piece of wood and attacking it with a piece of shaped steel. Ok, attacking is not quite the right word. 'Roughly caressing' the wood with the turning tool is probably a more appropriate description.

Whether you are a beginner, or an advanced woodturner, you will need to have a decent set of turning tools to expect a decent result. Often the budget sets you might find at the local hardware store are poorly shaped straight out of the factory and require some fairly intensive grinding and re-shaping to get them up to working standard, and all of this requires some fine-tuned sharpening skills as well! No matter what your level, you will be doing yourself a favor by purchasing a quality set of High Speed Steel turning tools...

Timbecon has a wide range of woodturning (aka wood turning) tools available in Perth and by secure online ordering, deliverable Australia wide. For example, we have a good range of wood lathes, large and small or mini lathes, fixed and variable speed lathes. We also have many lathe and woodturning accessories. Click on the woodturning tool categories listed above.

Select List of Products by Brand on the right of screen or select Products by Category at left of screen, such as sawing, planing, routing, power carving, drilling, woodturning and so on.