Lee Alkureishi
06-03-2012, 10:41 PM
If anyone's bee keeping tabs on my recent posts, you might have gathered that I like to pick up antiquey woodworking/woodturning stuff at garage sales. This weekend, I found another cool old lathe for peanuts - a Myford ML8. Some surface rust, and the motor pulley needs a collar, but otherwise in good shape. But, the coolest part of the deal for me was the box of tools that came with it.
It's a more-or-less complete set of turning tools, with matching turned handles, and came in a folding carry box with the previous owner's name on it. Some of the tools are shop made. - the large scrapers are from old files. I bought it because I thought it was a funky old collection that could be cool to own.
When I got home, though, I realized that there were 3 older sorby bowl gouges in the set - they have "robt sorby sheffield" stamped on the shaft/tang. They are the 3 left-most tools in the main section of the case. Score!
So, I now have a couple of questions:
- are the older sorby gouges as highly regarded as the newer ones?
- I'm guessing these would be carbon steel rather than hss. Is there any way to tell?
- what sort of grind are these most suited to?
Thanks
It's a more-or-less complete set of turning tools, with matching turned handles, and came in a folding carry box with the previous owner's name on it. Some of the tools are shop made. - the large scrapers are from old files. I bought it because I thought it was a funky old collection that could be cool to own.
When I got home, though, I realized that there were 3 older sorby bowl gouges in the set - they have "robt sorby sheffield" stamped on the shaft/tang. They are the 3 left-most tools in the main section of the case. Score!
So, I now have a couple of questions:
- are the older sorby gouges as highly regarded as the newer ones?
- I'm guessing these would be carbon steel rather than hss. Is there any way to tell?
- what sort of grind are these most suited to?
Thanks