Long overdue but work takes precedence and allows me to purchase some of the toys. But, without further ado...
As I have mentioned in the past Paulo Marin had promised me the first set off the line. I recieved the 11 piece plus handle set and was immediately surprised at the heft the system has. As you can see in thie pics they fit nicely into the roll that is supplieddf4fba80.jpg I sharpened all the tooling and was really impressed with the factory profiles on the tools. I decided not to change any of the profiles.
I had a blank of FBE(Flaming Box Elder) and thought it would be a good test blank for the tools. So with the blank mounted 9ab7c636.jpg I set out to rough out a bowl and try as many different tools as I could in the process.89c1bea5.jpg I got the outside roughed and ready to accept the check so I could reverse it and do the inside 0a42e424.jpg I was really amazed at how well these small tools were performing. The inside took me a little longer but only due to the small cuts I was taking as you can't really hog out huge curls with a smaller tool. 5ff06412.jpg I finished the turning on the bowl and will post a pic once I get some finish on it. I was really impressed. The tools never heated up, kept a keen edge like all the Glasers are known for. I also decided while I was at it to make a few Pizza cutters ba093dd5.jpg 5229daf6.jpg. I made a total of 4 of those. I also needed to turn a pen for my niece that is acrylic and wood 260a23c4.jpg. I was over all very impressed with the set. I turned all those items and only had to resharpen once and that was on one of the bowl gouges which was used a lot on the bowl. The parting tool, Bedan, and negative rake scraper were more solid than what I expected. The roughing gouge was really solid during the roughing phase and I experienced no chatter with any of the tools. I had to do some traveling after I recieved the set and took them with me. 2 guys at my work(regional office), one who is just getting into turning fell in love with these babies and this set will be with me on each and every trip. I packed them in the check baggage and it was nice to finally take an arsenal of tools with me on my trips. Now, I get about 2 weeks at home and will be traveling back to Shaw AFB and then Grissom ARB in March. The tools will be with me so if you are in those areas and would like to check them out let me know, I always like to see shops and discuss turning!! Feel free to ask any questions and I'll try to give as unbiased opinion as possible.
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