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  • poolhound
    Veteran Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 3195
    • Phoenix, AZ
    • BT3100

    What are these tools

    I just missed out today on getting a collection of 10 Sorby tools for a good price. The guy was selling some of his fathers tools and also had a bunch of other specialist turning tools, chisels, gouges etc. As I am still working on getting the basics I passed as I did not know what they were. Here are some pictures, can any of you shed any light on what they are?

    He did say he wants rid of everything by the end of the labor day weekend so could give me a good price on buying everything thats left. If any of you see something that you would want let me know and I am happy to share the love around.

    Here are the pics let me know what you think.

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    Jon

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  • mpc
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2005
    • 979
    • Cypress, CA, USA.
    • BT3000 orig 13amp model

    #2
    The tools in the first 3 pics look like Kelton KH series tools. These are handles with interchangeable tips. Many of the tips/chisels in those first three pics look like "hollowing" tools, designed to reach through narrow openings to carve the insides of bowls or vases (imagine turning the insides of a classic Coke bottle). Tools with more pronounced curvature are also known as "swan" neck tools to reach into wide bowls/vases with narrow openings. Kelton also makes long arc-shaped tools to cut out the bulk of waste inside a wide-open bowl - as a solid piece that can become another project instead of turning the waste into a huge pile of shavings though I don't see such chisel tips in your pictures. Such pieces are part of their "center saver" system and work with what look like KH handles in those pics. There are also some basic carbide cutter tipped chisel inserts visible at the bottom of the 3rd pic. Looking at the middle 2 tools in the 2nd and 3rd pics... they look like tools with a small cutting tips that can pivot relative to the tool shank - and then get clamped by some type of screw to hold whatever angle you've pivoted it too. These are intended to reach around a sharply curved lip of a bowl/vase and undercut it on the inside.

    The tools on the left of the bottom 3 pics look like a small-scale basic tools: skew chisels, what look like small gouges, small parting tools, etc. The really short one (4th from the right) looks too short to even work with a lathe tool rest - is it a fancy-schmancy screwdriver? The large one on the far right is a round/curved side scraper tool with what looks like a Henry Taylor logo, another tool used to work curved surfaces like the inside of a bowl. The "cutout" area just provides clearance depending on the type of curve you are making, or to reach around the lip of a vase/bowel. The one next to it, with the white plastic bit is a whazzat? The coloring of the handle is familiar - I've seen that style/brand somewhere though it could also have been home-made. I've also seen a few specialty turning tools with collars and other shank-mounted attachments for very specific purposes - like having a single pivot point on the tool rest so you can swing a perfectly symmetric arc. Can't tell if that's what this particular tool might be though from the picture.

    All in all, I'd say a lot of turning tools aimed specifically at bowl/vase/jar turning and small detail turning. Not the kind of tools somebody just getting started in turning would need especially if they want to start with pens or basic spindle turning. These tools would be necessary for somebody graduating to the next step in turning more complex shaped bowls/vases and fine-details on spindles or the outside surfaces of projects.

    mpc
    Last edited by mpc; 09-02-2015, 02:12 AM.

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    • leehljp
      Just me
      • Dec 2002
      • 8429
      • Tunica, MS
      • BT3000/3100

      #3
      I would say those are a gold mine! From a beginners standpoint, they are specialty tools for custom bowls, vases, and designs. Lots of experiences waiting on you to discover them.
      Hank Lee

      Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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