How To Use Carbide Woodturning Tools

Conventional HSS tools like the spindle roughing gouge shown above have the cutting edge ground like a chisel.

How to use carbide woodturning tools. 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. Carbide tools are introduced to the wood at a 90 angle. If the tool is installed facing down the tip should be lower than the center point by this distance.

When turning wood bowls this is primarily a problem in the trouble zone areas. To begin with if your were searching for wood turning tools with carbide tips you might have a hard time finding them because these special tools are made with carbide inserts. The round shaped carbide tool works well for the bowl interior but not well on the exterior.

The carbide insert tool should be at center and parallel to the ground With a firm grip on the tool place it on the toolrest and advance it until it contacts the wood. Since these are more of a scraping tool than a shearing one you will have more sanding to do. If the tool is installed upward the blade tip should be higher than the center point workpiece by this distance.

Carbide wood turning tools dont leave as much of a smooth surface as traditional woodturning tools. In use you angle the tool so the bevel rides the wood then tilt the handle up to begin the cut. Easy Wood Tools offers a series of replaceable carbide cutter woodturning tools that address fatigue safety and efficiency like no other tools.

Carbide turning tools can be used for both spindle and bowl turning. Single cut carbide burrI actually like this though A star drill bits cutting edge consists of several blades joined at. Carbide turning tools are more forgiving than traditional woodturning tools and when Im a little unsure of sticking my nice Sorby bowl gouge into a.

I made the tool using 58 x 58 square bar and it allows me to extend it quite far beyond the tool rest also absorbs a lot of shock. In this video I talk about the basic differences between using traditional gouges for woodturning tools and carbide cutting tools. Move the tool from side to side keeping it level and remove all the edges until the blank is round.