Ted Reischl
02-19-2018, 3:58 PM
A few years ago I purchased a Sorby Sovereign tool. It was not one of their sets. Heck, I did not even know they sold sets! Anyhow, it came with the scraper attachments, round, diamond, like that. All carbide scrapers. Lately I have been doing more turning and doing some research. There I was, watching a Mike Waldt video and he starts talking about the different tools that can be put in the handle. Huh? What? Holy Smokes!
Been digging around the internet and about the only tools I can come up with unhandled are the 3/8 and 1/2 inch bowl gouges. I ordered a 1/2 inch fingernail grind Sorby bowl gouge. But I would like to add a substantial rounded (swept) skew to use as a scraper (then I do not need left and right hand ones). Not interested in a parting tool because that seems like more messing around, a simple one does the job for me. A straight skew would be nice too.
I am not a strict Sorby guy. Any reputable brand will work for me. The handle I have will accomodate 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and 5/8 shafts. Seems like a pretty big honking handle to be using a 1/4 tool so that is not important either.
Mostly what I am doing is segmented turning but hey, that could change at any time!
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
Ted
Been digging around the internet and about the only tools I can come up with unhandled are the 3/8 and 1/2 inch bowl gouges. I ordered a 1/2 inch fingernail grind Sorby bowl gouge. But I would like to add a substantial rounded (swept) skew to use as a scraper (then I do not need left and right hand ones). Not interested in a parting tool because that seems like more messing around, a simple one does the job for me. A straight skew would be nice too.
I am not a strict Sorby guy. Any reputable brand will work for me. The handle I have will accomodate 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and 5/8 shafts. Seems like a pretty big honking handle to be using a 1/4 tool so that is not important either.
Mostly what I am doing is segmented turning but hey, that could change at any time!
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
Ted