1/2″ Robert Sorby #842FLH Fingernail Bowl Gouge
- Overall length 16-1/2″. The “fingernail” grind is a popular edge with woodturners because it is easy to use and control and extremely versatile. The medium grind lends itself to easy modification, allowing you to create profiles specifically suited to your turning requirements. This 1/2″ bowl gouge features a medium grind, with wing tips that have been ground back so the tool does not “catch” on the work piece. Pull and push cuts, delicate shearing cuts, or full profile cuts can be made with ease.
Robert Sorby #890H/16 Pair of Thread Cutters – 16TPI
- The tools have a unique enhanced helix angle design specifically for use in wood, so you can be assured of smooth and precise results. Detailed instructions are included with the thread cutters. Hss blades. Made in england. The optional relief tool (#19072) and tool support (#19074) are highly recommended accessories to help ensure the cutting of ideally formed threads. Ash handles. Used to make lidded boxes and other threaded turnings, sorby’s threading tools bring a tremendously fascinating feature to projects. The thread cutters come as a pair that will cut both the male and female threads.
1 1/4″ Robert Sorby #STBCHUCK32 Steb Drive
- In time critical production turning, the teeth can be backed off with the point still in place, so the workpeice can be stopped and checked without removing it from the lathe, and finished pieces and blanks can be exchanged by backing off the tail stock, rather than starting and stopping the lathe. Eliminates the need to remove the chuck each time you wish to use a stebcentre. Fits neatly in most four-jaw scroll type chucks. This offers many advantages. Made in england. Robert sorby. Comes in diameters of 1/2″, 7/8″, and 1-1/4″. Size refers to drive face diameter. With a light setting this offers safety for the novice turner because the workpiece simply stops revolving should a dig-in occur, rather than causing kick back. This revolutionary spur drive combines a spring loaded center point with a ring of razor sharp teeth. By winding in the tail stock the degree of “bite” can be varied while still keeping the center point firmly located.
3/8″ Robert Sorby #840FH Fingernail Spindle Gouge
- Ideal for fine detailing in spindle work. Having the wing tips of the gouge ground back into the fingernail profile reduces the danger of catching when working in confined areas of the turning. Gouge has a handle length of 10″ and an overall length of 16-1/2″. Made in england. Ash handle.
1-1/2″ Robert Sorby #285 Timber Framing Chisel
- An extremely large chisel designed for timber framing. Used to reach into deep mortises and other heavy joinery tasks. The thick ash handle is hooped and both top and bottom for additional strength. Each chisel has a 10-1/2″ long blade and an overall length of 19-1/2″. England.
Robert Sorby #890H/10 Pair of Thread Cutters – 10TPI
- Hss blades. The tools have a unique enhanced helix angle design specifically for use in wood, so you can be assured of smooth and precise results. Used to make lidded boxes and other threaded turnings, sorby’s threading tools bring a tremendously fascinating feature to projects. The thread cutters come as a pair that will cut both the male and female threads. Detailed instructions are included with the thread cutters. Ash handles. The optional relief tool (#19072) and tool support (#19074) are highly recommended accessories to help ensure the cutting of ideally formed threads. Made in england.
Robert Sorby RSTM-HCT123 TurnMaster Handled with Round, Detail Point, & Square Tungsten Carbide Cutters
- It’s collection of available parts and cutters make it the most flexible and value added single turning tool on the market today. This allows for both scraping (for fast material removal) and shear scraping (for fine finishing and smoothing) options. Both the hss and tin cutters are re-sharpenable. This lets turners select just the right cutter for the materials being turned. The titanium nitride coated excelsior tips offer the same characteristics as plain hss, but with the added toughness (has an rc of 90) and prolonged edge life that tin provides. Will also accept any of sorby’s other turnmaster cutting tips. The round shank has a flat underside for stability on the rest. Specifications the rstm-htc123 comes with one each of the round, detail point, and square tungsten carbide cutters. It also includes a special key for quick cutter release. The turnmaster incorporates a patented interchangeable cutter head that locks into three positions. Choose high speed steel for clean detail and fine finishing. The handled version of sorby’s versatile turnmaster tool with all three (round, detail point, and square) of their primary tungsten carbide cutters (tcc). Choose super tough tungsten carbide for roughing operations or for abrasive materials such as high silica exotic woods. Also includes a cutter release key, torx wrenches, and an instruction sheet. Tool has a 12″ long ash handle and is 20-5/8″ long overall. Cutters are available in 3 different materials, tungsten carbide (tc), high speed steel (hss), and the titanium nitride (tin) coated excelsior line. The turnmaster will accept any of 3 standard cutters (square, round, or detail), as well as a wide range of other cutting tips which have been specially configured to work with it. It has a high tensile strength torx screw to keep cutters tight. The robert sorby turnmaster is the first wood turning tool in the world to combine three cutting edge technologies in one amazingly versatile tool.
1″ Robert Sorby #285 Timber Framing Chisel
- Made in england. An extremely large chisel designed for timber framing. Used to reach into deep mortises and other heavy joinery tasks. The thick ash handle is hooped and both top and bottom for additional strength. Each chisel has a 10-1/2″ long blade and an overall length of 19-1/2″.
1/2″ Robert Sorby #STB250 Original Stebcentre #2 Morse Taper
- This revolutionary spur drive center replaces tradtional spur drives and gives all the great stebcentre advantages. Comes in diameters of 1/2″, 7/8″, and 1-1/4″. It combines a spring loaded center point with a ring of razor sharp teeth. Robert sorby. This offers many advantages. By winding in the tail stock the degree of “bite” can be varied while still keeping the center point firmly located. In time critical production turning, the teeth can be backed off with the point still in place, so the workpeice can be stopped and checked without removing it from the lathe, and finished pieces and blanks can be exchanged by backing off the tail stock, rather than starting and stopping the lathe. With a light setting this offers safety for the novice turner because the workpiece simply stops revolving should a dig-in occur, rather than causing kick back. Made in england. Size refers to drive face diameter.
1/16″ Robert Sorby #830SH Slim Parting Tool
- The blade has a double bevel cutting face, and is seated and triple riveted into the ash handle. This 1/16 thick hss parting tool is designed to give the cleanest and finest of cuts with the minimum of waste. Its 1-1/4″ blade width eliminates the flexing and twisting normally associated with thin blades. Made in england. Overall length is approximately 10-1/2″.
3/4″ Robert Sorby #810H Skew Chisel
- Rectangular section profile gives it more weight. Made in england. 3/4″ skew has a 10″ handle with an overall length of 16-1/4″. Skews are superb for large spindle work, such as kitchen table legs or newel posts. Standard tip grind. It’s a miracle on an ash handle.
3/16″ Robert Sorby #831H Diamond Parting Tool
- This hss 3/16″ diamond parting tool will keep a sharpened edge about six times longer than carbon steel and resist “blued” softening from overheating during grinding or from heavy turning. . Overall lengths 17″ to 21″. Ash handles offer firm hand control during use and brass ferrules prevent wood splitting from tool pressure.
Sorby Fingernail Bowl Gouge, 3/8″
- Overall length 16-1/2″. The “fingernail” grind is a popular edge with woodturners because it is easy to use and control and extremely versatile. This 3/8″ spindle gouge features a medium grind, with wing tips that have been ground back so the tool does not “catch” on the work piece. The medium grind lends itself to easy modification, allowing you to create profiles specifically suited to your turning requirements. Pull and push cuts, delicate shearing cuts, or full profile cuts can be made with ease.
Robert Sorby Proedge Long Grind Jig
- England. Works with the sorby’s proedge fingernail profile jig (included with proedge plus system) to automatically produce a fingernail profile, long, and extra-long tip grinds, simply by changing jig hole locations.
Robert Sorby #893H Thread Tool Support
- It acts as a hand held auxiliary support for better positioning and control of the thread cutters and relief tools. Made in england. Hss blade with ash handle. The thread tool support is used in conjunction with sorby’s thread cutting tools.
Robert Sorby H0496 Spindle Roughing-Out Gouge HSS, 3/4″
- Recommended for the initial turning of uneven or square spindle stock to round. Not designed for bowl grain projects. Item is manufactured in united kingdom.
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