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Woodturning Tools - Five Reasons To Make Your Own Most woodturners start out with a basic lathe and a beginner's set of woodturning tools. Soon the vast array of tools in the catalogues begin to look enticing and the idea of acquiring a greater variety grows on most turners. Even with the depth of choice available in the woodworking catalogues there are still reasons to make your own. First there is the chance to tailor a tool to the turner's hands. Woodturning tools are made to fit most which is another way saying they fit a few people and the rest adjust accordingly. While this really works quite well, the way in which tools are made to fit an individual is generally by making the handle in such a way that it rests comfortably in one's hand. Woodturners have all that is necessary to make a handle. In fact for many turners the first foray into tool making is to buy the tools unhandled and then turn the handles to a custom fit. Second is the realizati