Easy Wood Tools Mini Hollowing Tools

Easy Wood Tools offer a range of high quality, easy to use carbide tipped woodturning tools. These tools make turning safe, fast and fun. Whether you are a new woodturner or a part timer, Easy Wood Tools have the best tools for you.

Learning to turn wood can be difficult. Particularly when you are starting out and attempting to complete more advanced techniques such as hollowing out forms. Fret no more! Check out Easy Wood Tools Mini Hollowing Tools.

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Hollow forms can be tricky for turners. You can’t see inside the form, and chips, blowouts and other disasters can happen so quickly. Easy Wood make turning hollow forms easier and safer with their range of Hollowing Tools. Available in three sizes - Mini, Mid, and Pro. The Easy Hollowers were designed to offer a revolutionary approach to turning hollow forms. These patented tools allow any skill level to achieve professional results for hollowing work with minimum effort and worry.

Easy Wood Mini Hollowers

Hollow forms can be especially difficult when your medium is a 100mm piece of wood and your tools are full sized. With Easy Woods mini-sized hollowing tools, turning small items like ornaments, mini vases, and other hollow shapes is safer and easier.

Negative rake carbide cutters

The Mini Easy Hollower come equipped with a Negative Rake Carbide Cutter. These cutters offer better control with a less aggressive cut. This means the Negative Rake Carbide Cutter minimises the severity of unexpected catches that can occur when creating a hollow form. The Negative Rake Cutter also provides superior controlled cuts and clean finishes in acrylic and resins.

Easy to use

The Mini Easy Hollowers square-shaped tool bar design means they are easy to use. And the resultant parallel turning geometry means fewer catches and kickbacks overall. These features mean your learning experience is far shorter and safer than using traditional tools.

Three tool configurations

Easy Wood Mini Hollowers are available in three configurations: a Straight, Slightly Angled (45 degrees) or L-hook (90 degrees). All made with a square-shaped bar with easy-to-grip American Maple handle. Mini Hollowers are sold separately or in a three-piece, felt-lined kit in a clear acrylic slide box. Choose you preferred option from the dropdown menu above. Read more about each tool on the Mini Hollower Range page.

Made in the USA

Easy Wood Tools are a high-quality product 100% designed and made in the USA.

Why choose Easy Wood Tools

If you are seeking an easy entry into woodturning then choose Easy Wood Tools. Here are four reasons why:

• The tools are easy to use. You do not need developed technique. Just keep the tool flat on the tool rest and parallel to the floor. Easy.
• Every tool comes with a fresh, sharp carbide cutter already installed. They are ready to go out of the box. Your tool also comes with a hex key that fits the cutter mounting screw, ready for when you want to rotate or replace the tip.
• You don’t have to sharpen. Forget buying an elaborate sharpening setup. You won’t need it.
• Negative rake cutters. Optional cutters that virtually eliminate chipping and catches when turning resins, acrylic, and other man-made materials. Very effective for hollowing, allows for smooth catch-free passes.

This three-part Easy Wood Mini Hollower range of carbide turning tools is a great starter kit guaranteed to get you woodturning today. Read on to learn more about each of the individual tools. Watch the video’s and see how Easy Wood can ease you into wood turning.

Mini Easy Hollower #1 – Straight Neck EWT-6501

The first stage in turning a hollow form is to begin removing the bulk of the material from the centre of the vessel. And the Mini-Size Easy Hollower #1 is the perfect tool to do this. Tool supplied in this configuration:

• Ci5 Negative Rake Cutter
• 8 x 82mm Square Tool Bar - straight
• 305mm Handle
• 387mm Overall Length
• Copper Ferrule, American Maple Handle

Mini Easy Hollower #2 – angled 45 degrees EWT-6502

The second stage in turning a hollow form is to remove the material located between the 9 o’clock to 11 o’clock positions, or just slightly below the curve of the vessel. This process is accomplished with the Easy Wood Tools Mini-Size Easy Hollower #2. Tool supplied in this configuration:

• Ci5 Negative Rake Cutter
• 8 x 82mm Square Tool Bar - 45 degrees
• 305mm Handle
• 387mm Overall Length
• Copper Ferrule, American Maple Handle

Mini Easy Hollower #3 – angled 90 degrees EWT-6503

The third and final stage of turning a hollow form is to remove the remaining material located between the 6 o’clock to 9 o’clock positions, or from under the lip of the opening to just through the curve of the vessel. This process is accomplished with the Easy Wood Tools Mini-Size Easy Hollower #3. Tool supplied in this configuration:

• Ci5 Negative Rake Cutter
• 8 x 82mm Square Tool Bar - 90 degrees
• 305mm Handle
• 387mm Overall Length
• Copper Ferrule, American Maple Handle

Mini Easy Hollower Set of 3 EWT-6504

Make life simple and buy the whole set of Easy Wood Mini Hollowers. These beautiful tools come in a three-piece kit housed in felt lined clear acrylic slide box. The perfect set for all your ornamental projects and tiny hollow forms.  Set of 3 includes:

• Mini Easy Hollower #1 – Straight Neck EWT-6601
• Mini Easy Hollower #2 – angled 45 degrees EWT-6602
• Mini Easy Hollower #3 – angled 90 degrees EWT-6603
• Clear acrylic felt lined slide box

Easy to use

Easy Wood Tools are easy to use. Unlike traditional steel turning tools, these carbide tipped tools are always held flat on the tool rest and parallel to the floor. No bevels, no vertical angles to worry about. This simplicity means that you now enjoy a short learning curve. Cut left, right, or straight on, and you’re successfully and safely turning within minutes of picking up the tool.

Ready to use

Easy Wood Tools come ready for use straight out of the box. Each tool is already fitted with a fresh carbide tip ready to go. All you need is a lathe, a chunk of wood and you are turning. Each tool is also supplied with a hex key ready for when you need it. 

No sharpening ever!

Never sharpen your tools again! When one side of the cutter gets dull, just rotate it to a new edge. When you’ve used all four edges, simply replace it with a new cutter. You do not need to buy any sharpening gear whatsoever. You do not need to spend weeks learning how to sharpen an edge.  Great if you are new to turning or simply can’t be bothered.

Negative rake tips

Easy Wood Tools patented Negative Rake Carbide Cutters virtually eliminate chipping and catches when turning resins, acrylic, and other composite materials. Excellent results when turning very hard woods, and very smooth finishing cuts. Very effective for hollowing, allows for smooth catch-free passes.

Economical

When you choose Easy Wood, all you need is a lathe and an Easy Wood Tools turning tool and you can start turning. You don’t need to buy a grinding kit or sharpening system or multiple tools to achieve your desired result. This is a great economic advantage if you are just starting out, or you just want to add a turned element to your broader woodworking.

Safe

Easy Wood Tools square tool bar design and resultant turning geometry means fewer catches and kickbacks. In addition, the unique Easy Wood handle design puts turning pressure into the tool rest, so you don’t tire as quickly. Turn safely for hours, late into the night.

Easy Wood carbide

Easy Wood manufacture their carbide cutters using a proprietary recipe to make them the hardest, sharpest, and longest lasting in the business. This means you can turn for longer without having to sharpen or replace the carbide tip. Save time, save money.

Handmade in America

The Easy Wood team of highly skilled men and women use time-tested techniques and American-sourced woods, metal, and carbide to make their tools. You can rest easy knowing this product is of the highest quality, made by people focused on making woodturning safer, easier and more fun.