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[quote author=jasonB link=1113857710/0#4 date=1113899583]and some good quality tools will do, don't buy the cheap sets, the steel is very poor. [/quote]
One thing to bear in mind-be very careful if you buy "new" woodturning tools off of e-bay. I nearly got burnt a while ago; saw a set of chisels advertised as genuine record power HSS, even quoted photos from the record website to show what they were like; sound I thought, bid, won etc. When they arrive and open the box (genuine blue & silver record box!!) I think UH OH these are NOT genuine record tools-wrong shape handles, wrong shape roughing gouge, crap finish, no plastic edge protectors, no gold printed name on the handles, no HSS or makers name on the blades. I contact record in derbyshire. They ask for some photos. Yes they are fake. I send an e-mail to the guy (in Scotland) and tell him. OH I got them from my usual supplier, I've had no problems or complaints before. You can have a refund of COURSE. Then record say I can have a full set for half price for bringing it to their attention. Sound. Then a few minutes later another e-mail, they say We'll give you a complete full set FOC. Can you give us a few details about this seller please. Yes says I. Got the new set a few days later. What annoyed me was the guy continued listing the same chisels and ad even after he knew they were fake. If he'd taken them off, I'd have given him the benefit of the doubt. Undermines good british toolmaking and inflates crappy foreign toolmaking. Plus its criminal, trading standards offences etc. So be warned, cheap usually=crap, buy cheap buy twice!!
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