Reddit reviews 5pc. Robert Sorby #52HS Woodturning Tool Set
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This five piece set is extremely popular with novices. It offers superb quality tools for those who may be on a tighter budget.Set contains: 883H 3/4 spindle roughing gouge, 881H 3/8 spindle gouge, 882H 1/2 flat skew chisel, 830H 1/8 parting tool and 884H 1/2 round nose scraperMade from hardened and tempered M2 high speed steel that that will keep a sharpened edge about six times longer than carbon steel and will resist "blued” softening from overheating during grinding or heavy useAll tools comes with hard White Ash handles and solid brass ferrulesOverall length of all tools in set is 14 inches
Thank you, the handle dimensions are for the tools that have 9in handles like this tool selection.
Here's what I'd get for that money
$131 for this Robert Sorby set. It will cover your spindle (pen & bottle stopper) needs.
$48.99 for a Hamlet 3/8" bowl gouge here
That puts you a few dollars over budget, but you're getting great tools that you won't have to upgrade later. Eventually you'll want to add a 1/2" bowl gouge and probably a beefy (1" x 3/8" thick) bowl scraper, but these six tools would give you everything you need to get started.