He even has a couple of skew chisels, ones that cut at an angle, that he fashioned from old tie rods.
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If you're interested only in bowls, then you don't want to spend money on shallow-fluted gouges and skew chisels.
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Inappropriate use of tools such as gouges and skew chisels can cause a " catch ", where the tool bites suddenly and aggressively into the wood in an uncontrolled manner.