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New lathe! Woo-hoo! Congrats!
I soundly concur with Carol on this. Thompson gouges are great tools, and there's nothing even close to them in the same price range. I also second the Wolverine system...well worth the price. As for chucks, I use a Teknatool G3 and Supernova 2. Teknatool makes good chucks for the money, as do several other manufacturers like Oneway and Vicmarc.
OK. Next firestorm. If you want a bowl gouge worthy of your new lathe, check out Thompson lathe bowl gouges. That also will be love at first use. Caveat: I do know Doug, and have several of his tools. And except for the first small gouge, I paid for all of them. You can't go wrong with the Wolverine system either. Good choice. And a discussion on chucks will open another widely diversified discussion.
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I soundly concur with Carol on this. Thompson gouges are great tools, and there's nothing even close to them in the same price range. I also second the Wolverine system...well worth the price. As for chucks, I use a Teknatool G3 and Supernova 2. Teknatool makes good chucks for the money, as do several other manufacturers like Oneway and Vicmarc.