Robert Sorby turning tools

OK, I thought this was a heck of a deal. 145 views and not one reply. Are they too much? If so let me know. Are these not polular items? I know nothing about turning but have since discovered that these ARE rather specialized tools, as far as what each individual piece is for. I guess the only broad usage one would be the skew chisel? I don’t know. I guess what I’m saying is that there are no roughing tools here. At any rate, if someone would like to make an offer, Ill listen. Otherwise, I may go buy me a lathe from HF and see what it’s all about.

-- I was born at a very young age, as I grew up, I got older.

Bill,

Just because people look doesn’t mean they are buying. Honestly the run on paragragh with no pictures makes for a difficult read.

Yor prices are a bit high, IMHO…but you do leave room for dickering im sure. Just remember people can buy new tools shipped free. So ifthey are only saving a couple bucks, they will buy new.

-- Ken, USAF MSgt, Ret.

Whoops double post

-- Ken, USAF MSgt, Ret.

I tried to price them all 15 – 20 cheaper than new. Not exactly sure what you mean by “just because people look doesn’t mean they are buying. Thats a little hard to read. I’m not trying to cheat anyone, they are exactly what I said they are, brand new Robert Sorby tools. I don’t think the prices are high at all.
I’m not saying someone has to buy them with no pics so here are some pics. I just had to take some and upload them.

-- I was born at a very young age, as I grew up, I got older.

Hey man, you asked, All I did was give my point of view…So much for trying to help… Have a nice day

-- Ken, USAF MSgt, Ret.

It appears that I can’t upload pics for some reason.

Ken, all I’m saying is that I priced these 15 to 20 cheaper than new ones. How does that make the prices too high?

-- I was born at a very young age, as I grew up, I got older.

Bill, price is always an issue when tools are posted and very rarely does anyone mean any insult. It usually takes a dozen or so replies before it gets nasty. Nature of the beast. The Sorby’s are good tools and if someone’s in the market, a 20% discount will get their attention. I think a lot of them are quite desirable and not terribly specialized. You might want to post the length of them, as I have a few Sorbys that are much shorter than others. Maybe a description of the handles, too.
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You might want to go grab a lathe and see what all the fuss is about! Good luck!

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

-- I was born at a very young age, as I grew up, I got older.

HA!!!! There!!

The dust in the pic directly above is not wood dust. It is just that, dust.

-- I was born at a very young age, as I grew up, I got older.

AL, good to hear from you. I know zilch about lathe tools, and turning. I don’t even own a lathe hence my desire to sell them. I have thought of getting one of those HF cheapies and giving it a try but I’m trying to gather money to go to school so no new tools for me except those I need for school.
The ones in the boxed set are between 13” and 13 3/4” long with 8 3/4” handles and the individual ones have 9 1/4” handles except for the oval skew, it has a 12” handle and is about 18 1/4” overall. The individual ones are about 16” overall. Not sure what wood the handles are made of.
My Scottish/Comanche fuse is very short to non existent and is usually close to being lit anyway. I tend to get nasty quick and for that I apologize. I have tried over the years to remedy this and it has worked to an extent I guess. They did give me my money back at the anger managment class I took though.

-- I was born at a very young age, as I grew up, I got older.

^I failed that class, too, Bill. My instructor wouldn’t give me my money back, so I beat it out of him:)
Those are some good lathe tools. I enjoy my time at the lathe but I’m not about to give up the other stuff over it. I kind of expected to be bitten by the bug, life changing moment, you know? Didn’t happen for me but you never know for you, brother. al

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Bill, to answer specifically, about pricing and only from my personal point of view. For me to buy an item from a total stranger over the internet there is a risk. The price an item is being sold at makes the risk worth it or not. If all i am saving is $5-10 on a $50 item the risk is to high. I’ll just buy new and get free shipping from where i buy. Now. If the items value is $50 and i can get it from you for say $30 or less then the risk might be worth it…..

It’s always for me about the risk and the potential savings.

On a side note, i would love those tools but for me and the reason i looked at your posting was just to see what you where offering. If the price was right i might have considered the purchase (despite my wifes objection, my risk i have to account for too.) but i have other fish to fry and can’t get anything at the moment.

-- Ken, USAF MSgt, Ret.