How To Use Carbide Tip Turning Tools

Bowl blank material can be removed quickly with a carbide turning tool and catches are less frequent than HSS tools.

How to use carbide tip turning tools. 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. No bevels to learn - Our tools are held flat on the rest and parallel to the floor.

Position the tool rest as close to the work as possible so the carbide cutter is at the lathe center line. 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. Login to Write a Review.

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. While securely holding the tool slowly move the carbide. To use the Simple Turner and Hollower just follow these 3 simple steps.

Theyre pretty forgiving in the way that you use them too. Carbide inserts do not have to be throw away. 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.

The replaceable carbide insert on each tool is easily rotated to expose a sharp cutting edge by loosening the T15 Torx head screw with the included key and rotating the cutter. You can move them backwards and forwards along the top of the tool-rest as you make your cut. You dont need to go out and buy a different set of carbide turning tools like you would with the traditional type of turning tools.

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. I do use my shopsmith with a disc sander attachment to knock off the corners and sand the blanks down closer to finished size before going to the lathe. Using carbide cutting tools has several advantages.