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Thread: Of Vicmarcs and Sorbys
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31st January 2010, 04:54 PM #1
Of Vicmarcs and Sorbys
Hi,
I have finally got the VL200 home and squeezed into my shed Haven't had much of a chance to actually turn anything on it except starting to true up the reverse face of a clock I am making (shown in pic). What a difference... so smooth! So powerful! So quiet! Very happy. It's funny, but both the VL200 and my old MC1100 were 1hp. I think the original was a shetland and the new one is a clydesdale
Included with the lathe were a bunch of chisels. 3 were Henry Taylor gouges (1 detail, 2 bowl), which I am absolutely chuffed with. There was also a set of 8 Sorby chisels, but I don't know how old or even what the steel is. The handles are very lightweight and have the kangaroo logo on them. The steel only has 'Sorby Sheffield' stamped on them with no other markings I can find. When I put them on the grinder the sparks were orange - not as dark as my P&N chisels, but much darker than some normal steel I have. Would they be Carbon Steel or HSS? The guy I bought the lathe and chisels off bought them new in the early-mid 90's.
Will post more about the lathe once I've had a chance to fire it up a little more and actually produce something
Cheers,
Dave...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour
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31st January 2010, 06:38 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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yellow handle are carbon steel . work ok , hss is better looks a good lathe , cheers Bob
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31st January 2010, 08:20 PM #3
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31st January 2010, 08:35 PM #4
Dave,
Looks cluttered alright not to worry it will sort its self out
Carbon steel, well you could sharpen em up like razors and keep them fine work and finishing. I have a 3/8 / 10mm gouge in carbon steel use for finishing cuts.Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso
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31st January 2010, 08:42 PM #5...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
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31st January 2010, 10:29 PM #6
Looks great, almost like it grew there. Have fun with it.
Cheers
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31st January 2010, 11:10 PM #7China
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Don't be too concerned about cs chisels it is all we had a few years ago, you will just have to be aware they will rust as for sharpening they will produce a very fine edge, some say much better than stainless.
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1st February 2010, 09:59 AM #8...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour
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1st February 2010, 01:47 PM #9
Love that baby blue!! Looks nice, sitting there, beggin' you to get on and ride!! Man, that's almost as pretty as mayo!!
Carbon steel is still good... just don't have as much stay-power as HSS. I use a couple of CS tools all the time... they're gettin' short now, though.
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1st February 2010, 01:54 PM #10Hewer of wood
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Brent Beach's work indicates that there's no diff btwn metals in how keen an edge they'll take. Click.
I started with S Kangaroos. Good for practicing sharpening.
You might be past that stage Dave.Cheers, Ern
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4th February 2010, 09:54 PM #11
Yellow handles on Sorby chisels does not indicate the quality of the tools, all Sorby tools had yellow handles. I have quite a few Sorby yellow handles with the steel marked HSS. The fact that the tools are not branded HSS does indicate carbon steel.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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5th February 2010, 12:26 AM #12
ain't it fun having a new toy to play with
Cheers,
Ed
Do something that is stupid and fun today, then run like hell !!!
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5th February 2010, 12:49 PM #13
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5th February 2010, 12:51 PM #14
Hmmm. How do I tell then? The only method I know is the red/white sparks thing on the grinder. As mentioned, much darker coloured than some plain steel I had floating about, but not as dark as some new P&N's. My guess is probably good quality carbon steel from early 90's.
uh huh
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