I picked up a Sorby Lathe over the weekend. Interested in finding out if anyone on here has any experience with these machines?
I picked up a Sorby Lathe over the weekend. Interested in finding out if anyone on here has any experience with these machines?
I've never seen or even heard of one, but I see there is some info here that might be useful if you haven't seen it:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/sorby/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/sorby/page2.html
Depends on which one. I have turned on a very old round bar unit that they sold back in the 90's. Excellent machine. Don't know anything about any newer ones.
Never used one but the Sorby tools I have have been good.
Maybe not a lot sold in the states. These blokes allow yanks on the site and can probably answer any specific questions.
http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/w...ng-lathes.html
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar Allan Poe
Thanks for the responses.
In case anyone is curious, here's a picture of the lathe I got--apparently they're not that common; I hope I did the attachment right.
It is a '95, but it has been upgraded with variable speed some years back, apparently with tech support from Sorby. I contacted Sorby and they were very good and fast about emailing me a pdf of the manual.
We shall see how she turns...
Looks like it was taken very good care of, .. or barely used.
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar Allan Poe