Texturing and Spiralling Tool Sorby

Texturing.
Woodturner Tracy Owen has won many prizes with his textured bowls. The new Robert Sorby texturing tool allows every woodturner to share his secrets by giving his work that added value and individuality which these effects bring. The texturing tool enables the turner to alter the visual and tactile qualities of a work piece by creating striations, whorls, and orange peel effect and more. Let your imagination run wild. Fitted with an interchangeable cutter, the texturing tool is just as effective on soft wood as hard woods - although the results can be markedly different.

Spiralling.
Creating barley twists, spirals and flutes has always represented a problem for the woodturner. The Spiralling System not only overcomes many of these difficulties, but also allows the turners imagination to run wild as he enters a new field of decoration. Based on the same principle as the texturing tool, it is simple to use even in the hands of a novice - but still comes with instructions and ideas on its further use. The built-in rest allows the work to be approached at a variety of angles - graduations on the rest ensure repeatability. The degree of off-set determines the pitch of the spiral. Another variation is introduced with the addition of 3 different cutters which can be used for texturing. From these the turner can either produce, amongst other work, fine spirals of a delicate goblet or heavy patterns on boxes, spindles or candlesticks.