Reddit reviews Hurricane Turning Tools, Woodturning Round Nose Scraper, High Speed Steel, 1 1/2 Inches Nose

While you could attempt to forge your own tools, I'd steer as far away from that as possible. Unlike hand tools, turning chisels can be subjected to an extreme amount of stress in the even of a catch; enough stress that I've personally snapped milled steel tool rests in half, snapped cheap chisels (hello shrapnel!) at the tang, and caused more than a few well mounted pieces of wood to turn into high speed ballistic objects that can maim or even kill.

You are far better off utilizing that craftsman's skill and ability to create amazing pieces on the lathe :)

Check out the wiki on this sub to learn some more about carbide vs traditional tools. I personally prefer traditional, but I own several carbide tools as well and they have many great uses.

As a side, note, there are only three tools you really need for bowls: a bowl gouge, a round-nose scraper, and a parting tool. Those three are more than enough to learn bowl turning. As you want to expand your capabilities and tools, you can continue to add individual tools to your collection.

Make sure you have a way to sharpen your tools. The preferred method is a jig and a grinder (either slow speed bench or wet-grind system), which if you need to buy can set you back another few hundred dollars.

1, 2 & 3. Kinda. Traditional scraper, you need to be able to use it without bruising the rest of the piece, and needs to have a small enough amount of metal that can be rolled over for the burr. So, for the inside of bowls, a straight 90 degree would catch the piece on the bottom side. Too shallow of an angle wouldn't support the burr enough. Too steep and it's not going to be easy to re-establish that burr.

4. I picked up a hurricane heavy round nose scraper and ground it to a negative rake scraper (I think I used something like a 25 top, 70 bottom - so close on the bottom to stock for less grinding to try it out, giving an included angle of 85 which is close to the recommended 90) and it's worked exceptionally well. I highly recommend giving it a shot as that was a cheap tool off amazon that has been great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008B86BWY/ Can't really go wrong at $43 for a massive scraper like that.