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Title: tools
Post by: Eric Harvey on March 04, 2015, 09:34:27 PM

Who`s a lucky boy then,I`ve just been given a cardboard box with 35 Sorby highspeed steel turning tools in,scrapers,bowl gauges,spindle gauges,parting tools,euro style spindle gauges and a set of mini turning tools,early birthday this year.

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Graham on March 04, 2015, 09:47:40 PM

I like strawberry.  :)

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Eric Harvey on March 04, 2015, 09:58:11 PM

 ???

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Les Symonds on March 04, 2015, 10:06:02 PM

Quote from: Graham on March 04, 2015, 09:47:40 PM

I like strawberry.  :)

I think Graham's lost the plot. ;)

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Dave Brookes on March 04, 2015, 10:12:09 PM

Knowing Graham it is likely to be a play on words - Sorby = Sorbet (maybe?)

Dave

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Eric Harvey on March 04, 2015, 10:14:41 PM

ah yes could be.

Title: Re: tools
Post by: TONY MALIN on March 04, 2015, 10:26:03 PM

Can you get sorbet tools on EBay ?

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Graham on March 04, 2015, 10:29:29 PM

Sorby was a brilliant guess, wish I had thought of it. I just meant he was a jammy sod  :)

Title: Re: tools
Post by: edbanger on March 05, 2015, 06:25:46 AM

Nice one Eric  :) :) :)

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Mark Sanger on March 05, 2015, 08:37:40 AM

wow, that is a huge hoard, well done.

Title: Re: tools
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on March 05, 2015, 08:39:28 AM

Well done Eric, no excuses now!!

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Eric Harvey on March 05, 2015, 09:14:38 AM

just done some research on how much it would cost me to buy these tools new,works out to around £900.00p worth of tools.

Title: Re: tools
Post by: bodrighywood on March 05, 2015, 09:40:58 AM

Ah shaddup. LOL.

Nice one. Should keep you going for a bit.

Pete

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Eric Harvey on March 05, 2015, 02:11:53 PM

yes hopefully haha

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Eric Harvey on March 05, 2015, 04:35:45 PM

just got back in from shed,polished and sharpened all the tools,knackered now,so having a cup of coffee

Title: Re: tools
Post by: Walnut Les on March 05, 2015, 06:41:07 PM

I hope that you put the lottery on Eric because your a very lucky man mate. Les

Title: Re: tools
Post by: burywoodturners on March 06, 2015, 07:24:34 PM

I can see some wonderful raffle prizes at the club BBQ!
Ron