Remember when you had a reliable and customizable chisel. The ergonomically-crafted WEN 18.5 in. Indexable Wood Chisel makes maintaining a sharp chisel easier than ever. Simply swap out or rotate the gouges cutter tip to bring your dull chisel back to life. This set includes 4 different shapes of tungsten carbide cutter tips: round, square, diamond and arc. The round cutter helps create delicate work inside small bowls or larger coves on spindle exteriors. The arc cutter is perfect for shaping bowl radiuses and turning spindle beads. The square tip works for carving perfectly square inside-corners. Finally, the diamond cutter helps carve intricate and small details in your workpiece. Our form-fitted 12 in. wood handle is crafted out of durable and rare African coralwood, making for comfortable turning over long periods of time. And, if you ever run out of chisel tips, simply order a set of the WEN CH016R Indexable Cutters to get your tool back into perfect condition. Remember when you could carve table legs, baseball bats, pens, chess pieces and more. Remember WEN.
- Always sharp: indexable 6 in. gouge bar allows for easy tip installation and changes
- Includes 4 different shapes of carbide cutter tips: round, square, diamond and arc
- Form-fitted 12 in. wooden handle crafted from durable African coralwood
- Easily replace a dull chisel tip with a set of WEN CH016R indexable cutters
- Perfect woodworking accessory for the WEN Wood Lathe Series
- Rotate the cutter tips for a fresh and sharp edge
- Great for both delicate detail work and heavy-duty
Mitchel Halvorson (verified owner) –
Working great even on hornbeam
Ismael Deckow (verified owner) –
Great tool
Paolo Wilkinson (verified owner) –
It’s a good, stout handle. Should have ordered more of them to mount my set of carbide cutters.
Araceli Effertz (verified owner) –
This 18.5 inch Indexable Wood Turning Chisel is absolutely perfect. It comes with 4 Carbide precision cutter tips that positively index 90 degrees. The ergonomically-crafted 18.5 inch tool feels has great reach and is super versatile. If your cutting edge gets dull simply rotate the cutter tip for a new edge. This set includes 4 different shapes of tungsten carbide cutter tips in round, square, diamond and arc. I needed to make a new spacer disc for my router as the original was nearly 1/32″ below my router table surface. I used HDF mounted on a spindle in my lathe chuck with the diamond insert and it cut precisely and like butter. Almost too sharp if you know what I mean. The 12 in. wood handle fits better than any other handle I have from my Grandfathers antique set to my new WEN set. And you can easily order a set of the WEN CH016R Indexable Cutters which I intend to do soon, just in case. If you happen to have a diamond sharpening tool you can even re-sharpen the cutters yourself. Turn in comfort and safely my friend.
Melvina McGlynn (verified owner) –
This lathe chisel is surprisingly well made for a company not usually known for lathe tools. It has a hardwood handle that is approximately 12 1/2″ and overall length is 18 3/4″. It comes with a selection of carbide bits that are extremely sharp and long wearing. They are interchangeable and are easily attached to the tip of the lathe tool with a star or Torx head screw for which a torx bit is included. The tool comes in a sturdy cardboard box that is quite adequate for storing the tool between uses. The shaft is a polished stainless steel that is smooth and without burrs. The shaft is secured to the handle and has a brass ferrule to prevent damage to the wood. It cuts through hardwood with ease, just having turned a bowl of Rosewood with it. It cuts smoothly and almost glides through the hardwood grain like it was butter. The long lasting carbide blades are replaceable if and when they ever wear out.
Maryam Armstrong (verified owner) –
Works really well and very easy to control.
Lou McGlynn (verified owner) –
Great deal! I have paid much more in the past for a tool that didn’t offer the versatility of this turning tool.
Kaitlin Langworth (verified owner) –
the second one was fine because it included the carbide tips.
Khalil Vandervort (verified owner) –
I broke a piece off the round cutter Wen sent me a new one no questions asked
Era Beer (verified owner) –
As advertised. Works really well and already sourcing replacement tips.
Christina Sipes (verified owner) –
Simply beautiful. My first set of carbide turning chisels. Pro: Nicely finished wooden handle is about 2 inches longer than the handles on my high speed steel chisels. Carbide tips are easily attached/detached with the torx driver included with the set. Torx driver is well engineered to be compact yet give good grip and leverage. Each carbide tip can be rotated to a new edge up to 4 times. Tips cut clean and fast on hard and soft woods in my tests. Plastic tip case leaves plenty of room for adding new tips. Con: None come to mind.
Julio Kunze (verified owner) –
it worked well cuts perfectly glad i ordered it
Mozelle Reilly (verified owner) –
Only used it once on an interior turning my normal chisels could not reach. It did what I needed it to do with great ease. I will use it exclusively on my next project. I Give it 4 1/2 stars.
Ahmad Jakubowski (verified owner) –
First carbide set works great !