Gouge for a Lathe the good and cheap way (Oland Tool)

Step 6 Shape your blade

This is the real genius part of the tool. It uses an easily changeable high quality steel cutting blade that is a commodity item. If it gets worn out they are easy and cheap(ish) to find and replace. And you can shape the blade to your personal tastes without ruining an expensive tool while you figure it out!

The original instructions called for a 1/4 inch lathe blade but I couldn't get one easily so I used a concrete nail instead.

You can grind the nail into any shape you want:
-roughing gouge
-fingernail gouge
-straight chisel
-anything!

Plus concrete nails are super strong and super cheap.