Author Topic: Sorby Ultima  (Read 2148 times)

Offline hughie

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Sorby Ultima
« on: May 06, 2017, 11:40:51 PM »
I recently added one of these to my stable of hollowers. Bought only the head as I need a more substantial bar and handle, my apologies Mr Sorby. I had a spare on hand as well that needed a little modification to accept the Ultima.

The bar is 20mm hard chromed high tensile 4140 steel and the head has a 13mm shaft/pin that fits into the main shaft with 2 m6 grub screws.

Ok this rig is fairly stiff as I'm hollowing some long vases out of hardwood with narrow opening with little or no opportunity to insert a tool rest for support. Also, the grain structure is prone to bad tear out as an attractive swirling about, lousy for hollowing at the bottom of a vase.

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Re: Sorby Ultima
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 09:06:28 PM »
be careful of knots when going deep,I destroyed the head of my Sovereign hollower when it caught on a knot around 17 inches down inside.
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