How To Use Carbide Tip Turning Tools

Cut left right or straight in within minutes of picking up the tool.

How to use carbide tip turning tools. Carbide inserts do not have to be throw away. Move the tool from side to side keeping it level and remove all the edges until the blank is round. To use the Simple Turner and Hollower just follow these 3 simple steps.

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. Repeat with the second blank. Carbide tipped tools are more efficient and cost effective compared to high speed tools because they retain their cutting edge hardness at high machining temperatures which are generated by high cutting speeds.

Scott I too get good results with the round carbide cutter. 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. Bowl blank material can be removed quickly with a carbide turning tool and catches are less frequent than HSS tools.

Use sandpaper to shine up the ferrule. Theyre pretty forgiving in the way that you use them too. Save money by maintaining your tool.

Extremely sharp easy to replace carbide cutters 516 solid stainless steel tool bars and ergonomic Beech handles with rubber grips make this WoodRiver Turning Tool Set an essential part of any turning tool arsenal. Place the tool on the tool rest with the tool shaft parallel with the floor. No bevels to learn - Our tools are held flat on the rest and parallel to the floor.

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. Login to Write a Review. Shaping a bowl blank goes pretty quick with a carbide turning tool.