[Woodcarver] Re: Fair price for Rockwell 8 piece wood turning set

[Bill Smith]

hi what I would suggest before u buy the wood turnin
tools is to find out what u plan on doin first with
the lathe as there are different tools for different
jobs and what I learned from doin lathe work is make
sure u have a basic set and move up from there which
will have one, then got other things that I needed
when it came to it. 

its a lot like woodcarving, u may use some and some u
tools in it u may find u do not use to often.

Bill
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> > I wanted to thank Alex and Bill for their input on
> these turning tools of my friends. It seems that my
> friend didn't really know what price his father gave
> for the tools. He was going by a page that he had
> pulled from a cataloge somewhere and was comparing
> Top of the line "Crown" tools to his fathers. I
> looked at the tools and we discussed the fact that
> there is a wide variance of quailty even within
> brand names. He agreed that the tools in the catalog
> did appear to be of a much higher quality then his
> dads. Even with only looking at the photos, we
> noticed a quality difference. (Brass caps vs: steel
> and rosewood handles vs: unfinished wood)
>  
> I could not tell what type of steel his tools are
> made of as there are no quality markings such as M2,
> M4 etc. I do know enough about turning tools to know
> that you want High Speed Steel unless, you really...
> really enjoy sharpening alot. 
>  
> I told him that he may want to look on EBay and
> check out the prices there for comparisionl. We will
> see what happens from here. I am thinking that I may
> just wait and choose my tools at the time that I
> purchase a lathe. That way, I can get just what I
> need and not be guessing. Thanks again for
> everyone's input and ideas.
>  
> Richard Brown
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