How To Make Carbide Wood Turning Tools

Carbide tools are introduced to the wood at a 90 angle.

How to make carbide wood turning tools. Once done I drilled a small hole for the carbide screw and tapped it with the same size thread as the screw. Less down time because carbide dont require sharpening. How to make wood turning tools with carbide cutters.

Carbide turning tools can be used for both spindle and bowl turning. Made A Parting Tool for Woodturning. Do a dry fit of your bar then tape around the bar where it meets the chisel so it is easier to remove any squeeze out.

Learning to Turn with Carbide ToolsLearning to turn with carbide turning tools wasnt on my to-do list. They are pretty rough but they really work well. This video shows the materials required and the process involved in making a carbide lathe tool at home.

The carbide turning tools are a little more expensive than HSS. Usually a piece of 12 steel round or square notched out in the end to accept a small square round or triangular carbide cutter that is screwed onto the steel shaft and the far side of the shaft has a long wood handle. That was fun I learned a bunch and use the tool all the time.

I never wanted to be a turner. This steep impactful angle scrapes and tears out wood fibers violently even with a sharp edge. We had a budget of under 5000Eddie Castelin httped.

Making tools needs some basic metal working equipment such as a file a hacksaw a few threading taps a grinder and a bench drill. Time to epoxy the metal into the handle. How to re-sharpen the carbide tipped cutters inserts on your turning toolsSharpening supplies.