How To Make Carbide Wood Turning Tools

The round shaped carbide tool works well for the bowl interior but not well on the exterior.

How to make carbide wood turning tools. Making tools needs some basic metal working equipment such as a file a hacksaw a few threading taps a grinder and a bench drill. These tools are very inexpensive to make and they. That was fun I learned a bunch and use the tool all the time.

Once done I drilled a small hole for the carbide screw and tapped it with the same size thread as the screw. They are pretty rough but they really work well. I watched a guy called Travis on youtube make a set of carbide tipped woodturning tools and just copied him.

I never wanted to be a turner. 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. I made sure the bar was rounded back to as close to the hole as I dare.

Do the same for the ferule. 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. How to make wood turning tools with carbide cutters.

The carbide turning tools are a little more expensive than HSS. Made A Parting Tool for Woodturning. Carbide tools are introduced to the wood at a 90 angle.

See my post on hardening and tempering steel for details. This would make sure the steel would keep its temper and so it wouldnt be too brittle to use. Remove the cutter and screw and tape up that end.