Making Carbide Lathe Tools
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- westfarthingwoo... This video shows the materials required, and the process involved in making a carbide lathe tool at home. These tools are very inexpensive to make, and they work every bit as well as a store bought tool. For the same price as a single full size tool, four or more can be made in the shop just as easily.
GREAT VIDEO!!! After watching this video, I actually did pretty well making a Carbide Lathe Chisel. I did order the square cutters from Global Tools.....CHEAP Price! Some companies are selling ONE cutter for the price I paid for TEN cutters! Thanks Again Man! I'll have a video SOON. Have A Super Blessed Week!.....Gus
i cant stop watching it,i am attempting one when my carbide tips arrive,round ones in England are well expensive,diamond shape ones and square ones not to bad.
I have looked at most of the videos on Carbide Cutters. I used pry-bars from Aldi for the tool shafts, for the cutters I purchased old worn files for €1 each at a local car- booth sale. I softened the files by putting them in a fire (wood burning stove) I was then able to cut and bore them to whatever shape I wanted. after cutting , shaping and sharpening I hardened the piece by heating to bright red, plunged it in water to hold the hardness then cleaned it up and heated it again to a straw colour to temper the piece. I then did a final polishing and sharpening on a carpenters oil stone, diamond hone will do same job. Lovely sweet cutters and when they lose their edge its just a matter of a quick rub on the flat surface to bring them back to sharpness again.
hi, superb instructions, i am new to this but will have a go at making a few.
Went to my local iron and metal dealer and got the blanks of hot rolled 1/2 inch bar for a buck a foot. Something to check out. Worked well. I had picked up a box of 10 cutters earlier. Made the handles out of oak. It was what I had in the scrap bin,
Thanks for the very nicely produced info-video on diy carbide lathe tools. Links to the different products you talk about would be a nice touch ! :)
Steph
The carbide inserts can be found at globaltooling.bizhosting.com/products/carbide-insert-knives.html and they will have several sizes and shapes.
Do can share a link of where to buy the cutter head
Global Tooling has a circular bit in 11mm (0.43in) on their site.
That's excellent Kenzie. I am going to have to take a look and see what they have in stock now. When I made my carbide lathe tools, they did not have a round cutter, so I ended up buying the EWT cutter, which was about $20 I think. I am sure that the Global Tooling round cutters are far less expensive. Thanks for sharing that with everyone.
I found this site with a round cutter. Do you think it would work for a finisher? They also have diamond cutters.
just curious if you did buy the solid steel did you use a tap so you can attach the tip on there?
Awesome, thanks very much!!
The ah...gentlemen at Carbatec charge around $15 EACH for the carbide inserts for the JET Planer I got from them! PFFTTT!!!!
On the steel length you had said you put 6-8" in handle, but how much is sticking out?
You can let as much stick out as you want. On mine, I have about 8" past the handle. It's a little on the long side, but it helps if I need to get into something like a vase or deep goblet. Once you get past the half way point, it can be hard to keep the tool steady on the rest. If you make bowls that are 4 inches deep, then 8" of open tool will help give you more leverage.
I still can't find the cutters. Can you help?
Where did you get the cutters?
I forgot to post the site. www.carbidedepot.com/RCCW-C914.aspx