Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #673 in Home Improvement
• Brand: PSI Woodworking
• Model: LCHSS8
• Dimensions: 13.50" h x 2.00" w x 18.00" l,

Features

• Ideal kit for turning small pens, spindles, bowls and larger projects
• The M2 High Speed Steel 5-1/4-Inch blades outlast high carbon steel 6-to-1 and will give you years of use
• Set includes 8 essential chisels: 3/16-Inch parting tool, 5/8-Inch spear scraper, 1-Inch skew chisel, 5/8-Inch skew chisel, 5/8-Inch round nose scraper, 1/2-Inch bowl gouge, 3/4-Inch spindle gouge, 7/8-Inch roughing gouge
• Comes with beautifully turned 10-3/4-Inch hardwood handles in an attractive wood display box
• Super value for all turners

From the Manufacturer
We have assembled this 8-piece set to satisfy the majority of your turning needs. It is suitable for turners of all skill levels. It is the ideal kit for turning small pens, spindles, bowls and larger projects. The M2 High Speed Steel 5-1/4-Inch blades outlast high carbon steel 6-to-1 and will give you years of use. The set includes 8 essential chisels: 3/16-Inch Parting Tool, 5/8-Inch Spear Scraper, 1-Inch Skew Chisel, 5/8-Inch Skew Chisel, 5/8-Inch Round nose scraper, 1/2-Inch Bowl Gouge, 3/4-Inch Spindle Gouge, 7/8-Inch Roughing Gouge. It also comes with beautifully turned 10-3/4-Inch hardwood handles in an attractive wood display box

Customer Reviews

good tools, great price
I am pretty happy with this set. I will be comparing this set to a 5 chisel set I previously purchased from Woodcraft at a sale price of $86 after tax, original price was $130 + tax. The PSI set cost me under $50 with free shipping and no tax. The blades on the PSI chisels measure between 6.25 to 6.5 inches from ferrule to tip, which is the same as the more expensive Woodcraft set. The Woodcraft set came with what I felt were clumsy, overly large, overly long, and slippery handles that felt too light, while the PSI handles are made with denser/harder/heavier wood that IMO handle better for more detailed work. The overall fit and finish of the PSI set is better, except that the Woodcraft set is sharpened better. For some reason, the edges of the PSI chisels that are supposed to be flat (not the ground cutting edges) round over near the tips of the new tools. Grinding/sharpening gets rid of the problem for good but that means you'll have to spend more time preparing the tools for use. This is the reason I gave it 4 stars out of 5. The PSI set also comes in an softwood/plywood case while the Woodcraft set came in a sad cardboard box. Funny enough, the PSI case needed some fixing just as I had read from the other reviews here. It wasn't broken though, there just wasn't enough glue applied to the lid and bottom of the case. A tiny bit of glue and some light clamping pressure fixed it up like new - a job that really should be a piece of cake for anyone. Amazon did a good job of packing it. The case is actually a nice touch. It's good enough to use on it's own, but I keep all my tools in a large rolling chest with drawers. The tools will roll around even if your drawers are lined with the good tacky drawer liners, so I unscrewed the hinges of the box, removed the lid and placed the box in one of my shallow drawers. This saved me the trouble of having to make individual partitions for each chisel inside my drawers to keep them in place. The PSI set was overall better, cost about 40% less, and came with three extra chisels, so I returned the more expensive set. I found all the tools included useful, except I don't need two skew chisels of similar size so I plan on grinding the tip into a different shape when the need arises. The well known Sorby chisels are good, but I couldn't justify spending $30-$40 for just one tool when an extra $10-$20 buys me eight of these.

losing the handle
After using several of the tools from this selection three of the tools began to loosen from the handles. I have been turning some seasoned stock and maybe these tools can't handle hardwoods. They seemed to work fine with green stock. Other than the loosening of the handles they perform fine. I solved the problem by shimming the tool stock back into the receiving end of the handle.

Initial impressions...Buy it for the chisels, throw the case away.
My set came in this afternoon, and I was able to check them out, and was able to use every one of the tools except for the scrapers.

The chisel set handles are marked "Benjamins Best" burned into the handles which appear to be well made, and the high speed steel tool sections seem well attached.

In use the gouges worked as they should, and cut as cleanly as a gouge would be expected to. The parting tool cut fast and clean, and the skews left a nice finish, ready for sanding.

However the "decorative storage box" is utter junk. Mine came with unglued box joints and paper thin metal hardware. All joints on the box were so badly done that a 6th grade wood shop student would have received a failing grade if this were a class project. I don't know WHY PSI would market this under their name. I guess they don't care if they are getting a reputation for corner cutting.

I have a friend with the high end HSS set from Harbor Freight. The tools in the set appear almost identical to these, but at least that had a glued, trimmed, and finished case.

I opted for the PSI set over the HF set simply because I thought it was only a few bucks more than the HF after you figure in shipping, and it should be higher quality stuff...

I was wrong.

I don't regret buying this set. The tools cut really well. But I am planning on tossing the case in the fireplace and building a proper rack for these...

I don't claim to be a wood turning expert, I am just starting out after not having touched a lathe for 20+ years... But I know quality, and I know junk, and the box that they sent had a mixture. Reasonable quality tools inside an absolute junk case.

Suggestion for PSI. Instead of including the box that nobody likes, replace it with a decent tool wrap / roll that we can keep the tools protected and stored...