How To Make Your Own Carbide Turning Tools

In the video below he shows you some of his favorite tools and how he made them from either old broken or leftover tools that are made.

How to make your own carbide turning 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. I make most of my tool. Indexable Turning Tools How to build your own The building pics below show attaching 14 TCMT carbide inserts to 12 tools.

Turn a tool handle epoxy the handle and metal bar together and youve got yourself a new tool. You can get 30 minute epoxyyep just click on that link or check out your local big box store. You ONLY NEED 3 TOOLS and a 10 pry bar to make your own CARBIDE WOODTURNING TOOLS for the lathe.

In this video I show all the steps needed to make a carbide tool. The flute does not have to be full length 15-20 mm long will function perfectly well. I think I used a 30 minute epoxy to glue the handles together.

Using the tailstock to apply pressure tighten the cap in place. Im excited to give these a try Ive made carbide tipped tools but never have used these tool blanks for making woodturning tools. Theyre fantastic for harder more abrasive timbers and mixed materials that would normally require a lot of sharpening and because theyre scrape.

Turn the end of the handle down just larger than the threads inside the brass cap. First the insert is laid out on the 12 square steel A protractor and a metal scribe to make marks. Al takes a common sense approach to making woodturning tools that will save you a ton of money.

Turn a Wood Handle and You Have A New Parting Tool. Make a small gouge by grinding or filing a flat on a carbon steel rod such as a heavy screwdriver then using the edge of a small grinding disc to form a groove. Hey people this is a video of my home-made carbide woodturning toolIm extremely happy with the build but given half the chance Id buy some professionally.