How to make a Inexpensive carbide cutter for woodturning
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- This video shows you how to make a set of carbide cutters used for woodturning for about 20 to 30 dollars. Using a few parts and the tools most will already have in there shop.
I completely agree with Leslie!!!!! I like your video especially the idea of using the pry bars, how ever more zoomed in shots of the tips of the tools after grinding and also cutting on the lathe would make this video a lot better.
I agree with Dirty Curty below... some close ups would have been nice and helpful. A picture is really worth a thousand words in some instances.
I could't be happier with the finished product and you're right about the feel of the tool in your hands.
This has got to be one of the best videos on making carbide cutters. Thanks for great ideas.
For sure a few close ups would be great; that said, I think this is the best video I have watched on DIY Carbide Turning Tools...
If you grind the small platform on the tool shaft longer than the carbide insert, just place a small drop of CA glue on the platform just before you screw down the cutter. This will keep a square carbide insert from rotating on the insert platform. To release the carbide insert from the platform, just use some heat from a propane torch or butane cigarette lighter. Loosen the insert screw, heat the metal opposite the insert for a few seconds and it should break the bond between the insert and metal handle. This will allow easy changing of insert or rotating it to a new sharp edge. Apply another drop of CA glue and tighten down the screw; you’re ready to go.
What a great video, Kendall. I have often thought that carbide tipped turning tools are way overpriced, but you have given us a great video and some good tips on what to use to make very functional and very useful tools at a really economic price. Thanks for sharing this. All the very best, Ed
Just received a carbide insert and I'll be making a tool. This was helpful. Thanks!
Spent may Super Bowl Sunday at Harbor Freight, on line with AZ Carbide and will make my carbide cutters. Thanks for the help
Bill Winn Bill saw your comment about the insert cutters. I tried them and was told i had the wrong number. Can you advise on number, cutter size to use. Thanks, Bill
Very glad your health issues are better. I know how awful that problem is and the pain they cause. Close friend has similar problem.
Thanks for the video. I am getting my first lathe next week and finding tools very expensive. I have a harbor freight close be this give me a reason to go. Good luck on your health problems.
Great great video!! Carbide ordered, Waiting for a pry bar sale. Many Thanks Ken for this very useful tip!
Nice job thanks. I’m just getting ready to make some. This is the easiest way I’ve seen. Since I don’t have a lathe making the handles would be a pain. I use a drill to make rings and I want carbide cutters so I don’t have to keep stopping to sharpen.
Special thanks for the mention of AZ Carbide. I recently purchased the company and would like to have all your continued support . Ron
Ronald G Campbell Hey Ronald can you please tell my what carbide insert I should buy to make the tool that Kendall has made. Thanks
For the larger size tools you sue any of the 15 MM cutters and if you are making a smaller use the 105
I was wondering how I wad going to afford those tools! Thanks for the tips!
Wow sorry guys I have been dealing with health issues (staghorn kidney stones) and after seven surgeries over the last 4 months i am healthy and back. I will be updating this video as well as posting more soon. Thank You all for viewing and I am glad that I could help.
Glad you are back to full health Kendall. I’ve had several kidney stones as well but nothing like what you had! I’ve never heard of a stag horn kidney stone but just the name (staghorn) sounds more painful. Welcome back!
Noticed the lathe in the background. Is that a Powermatic with a custom paint job?
Ron
Great advice on how to use non-standard objects for tool making.
Nice work. Hard to believe that no one I can find sells this type of homemade lathe tool set. I would think that there would be plenty of buyers, just to see if they would enjoy turning before shelling out for the real deal.
beav1962. Not a bad idea maybe I’ll make a kit up
@@kendallnorthern7824 - can you tell me which size of cutter from the AZ carbide site to get for this 3/8 handle? Gonna give it a try, but expecting to screw it up. Thanks.
I just made these and they work awesome....thanx for the video ..
It would be nice to put a link to the carbide cutters. The video was a great help.
Hey Kendall. I like the your idea. I'm getting ready to make some myself. You should try and get close up shots in your videos. Hard to see some of the things you were doing. Just a little advice from one creater to another. Anyway, great idea, great job, and nice video.
I just invested $14 for 48in of 1/2 round steel...another $14 for a set of 12 bits and I have my own wood to make the handles so I have 4 gouges for $28
pays to make your own that's for sure
Great idea. Going to try this myself. Thank you.
Nice improv w/ the pry bar option. This bar stock can be expensive to order or ship. I love this option. Fantastic !! :) I wish there were close ups of the parts, work being done or at least each finished step. Many times the camera man lost the work material from screen trying to keep your face in frame ? But even when you hold the piece up for inspection by the viewer, it's too distant to really see :( The narration and explanation was great though.
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Thanks man... get idea!
KN, I kept reading the comments/replies and found the source. Thanks for your video.
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You must be drilling a larger hole than I do. Mine would have broken that tap the way you put it through. I do it on the drill press and use oil and go very slow .
This is the best video about carbide woodworking tools. Can you please tell me: are these carbide bits specially for woodworking, or any round or square carbide bits will do?
Wow I didn't even know this was still out here. I guess I need to start paying attention. Thanks for all the kind comments I appreciate it.
Hi, I’ve had a terrible time in my area finding the champion set you’re using to drill and tap the hole on the carbide tool. Can you give me the exact specs of that little kit you bought for $7?
Chris Davis DeWalt also sells drill/tap combos like that. I have a few of the common sizes. I have a couple of set of taps and dies, but I like these because I can just store the sets together so I don’t have to search for the right size bit each time I need to tap a hole.
Can that steel be heat treated to hold an edge as a traditional lathe tool? Why no vise?
very good thank you
Nice job i'll take a look in Harbor Freight. You should get yourself a vice next time you go there.
Did you try grinding a edge onto the pry bars? They are hardened might work just fine. Could even be sharper than those carbide inserts.
What size of carbide tips work best with the Harbor Freight handles? Great "how to" video.
Bob Bartholomew thank you for watching I haven't updated this in a long time as health issues took over. But they are behind now and i need to get back to this kind of thing. These were all made with the cutters they sell to fit 10" helical planers on the market. These are a lot less expensive than most. There is a company I've found called AZCARBIDE who can be found on the web and on a website at azcarbide.com. They will give you a much better size and shape option.
Thanks
Ken
Ken ... thanks for the reply. I went ahead and bought the Harbor Freight pry bars and from another video, leaned about Azcarbide. I've now made 3 of my own chisels. Round, square and square with radius. l love them. I've had a bit of loosening of the tips, so finally decided to add a touch of CA glue to the screw. This solved the problem. Thanks again for the tip on the Harbor Freight handles ... they work great.
Enjoyed the video very much, however still having problems locating lower priced carbide bits.
Any suggestions ?
Our Harbor Freight has a set of three with black and yellow handles. They appear to be very close. One problem I see is that if you turn it on its side to get into a bowl the hole leaves very little metal around it. Does this affect the safety of the tool. I bought them with the intention of making them.
I wish your close ups were better. They weren't very close and all we got was a brief out of focused close up. Dark tool metal against a dark colored shirt. Don't mean this in a bad way so I hope you don't take this wrong. Thanks.
Ill see if i can shoot some close ups of the tips this weekend. The bar stock on the tool should be square. Should have the same amount of metal either way you grind it.
Okay. I think they will work. Thank you for your work.
NICE!!! Will be trying that for sure. Who's lathe are you using? Looks like it says Powermatic on the front.
When you said health issues the first thing I thought is that you got slag in your eyes from cut off wheels as you only put on safety glasses after the cut, like in the video up to 2:06
Hey Kendall great video, can you mention the size insert I need: Azcarbide is a bit confusing on which one I should buy. Thanks
Great Video! Thanks for sharing. Can you please tell me what dia round cutter you used or this build. Thank!
Sir, I enjoyed your video on making my own carbide insert tools. is there a way you can help me with the part numbers for the inserts. I would greatly appreciate your help.
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why does the carbide bit need to be recessed, especially the round ones? I can see the need for the square bits but what keeps the round ones from coming loose and rotating?
And how does it work when rotating the tool sideways? it will raise the cutter because of the square edge of the tool.
It really doesn't if all you are going to use are round cutters. You will still need to at least file the bar flat as they are not always very flat. the rotation is locked by just the pressure of the screw. I recessed that spot to be able to use any cutter on every bar. And to protect the cutter from dings and drops.
good point. I hadn't thought about the abuse it takes when not being used as a tool. That carbide is brittle as glass.
Just starting into this and don't want to spend a ton of money on it. I have 40 years worth of scrap from my cabinet shop I will be utilizing. I will be building my own sharpening jig instead of $75 for the commercial one. I will be making my own bowl gouge from a high carbon steel shaft, grinding the channel and then mounting it in a handle from a pruning shears, complete with rubber grip :>)
hi kendall where would you buy the inserts to make these, I've made my own from an Alan key and fair play it's better than any chisel that i have, but would love to make me of these thanks 😁
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Thanks for the comments I'm working on editing in some close ups. I shot the footage now just need to find the time to do the edits ill post when its done.
what a great idea!!!
Thanks or your video. Good concept. Please get a mask for grinding. Do not want to hear about future health issues from preventable causes.
This is awesome. But on the site it came to $29 for three bits. Square, diamond and round. Still a really cheap/easy option.
Ambient Art Photography can you give me any info on where and who to contact on this three piese set of insurts. I don't have a lot of money, I'm retired. Thanks, Bill
Bill Hamilton
azcarbide.com
I foroot, I get the carbide tips from Capt. Eddie. He sells them on his site and they are very good and the price is right. Just enter Capt. Eddie Castelin and his youtube videos will come up.
What size cutters are you using>
What website do you order your cutters from?
mvfd1224
azcarbide.com
You need to get your cutters from CAPT. EDDIE CASTELIN cheapest price on cutters !!!!!!!
It's simple, Just go to WoodPriX page - and enter the Eco World.
You say that you are making cutters , ????????? ,your making handles ,your buying the cutters,,.