How To Use Carbide Turning Tools

Improper use of tools and application of inappropriate cutting conditions may cause the tool to break and be expelled from the machine providing risk of injury.

How to use carbide turning tools. You can move them backwards and forwards along the top of the tool-rest as you make your cut. Exchangeable Head End Mills. When grinding the turning tool should be placed in the horizontal center of the grinding wheel and the tip of the tool should be slightly upward for about 3 8 When the turning tool contacts the grinding wheel it should move horizontally in the left and right directions.

Indexable carbide tools and inserts are widely available as they are almost unanimously used in CNC Turning. Anatomy of a turning tool Most turning is done using a replaceable insert that is gripped in a turning tool body which is then mounted on the lathe turret. Here is how I use carbide tools for turning pens.

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. Safety of Carbide Tool Products. Place the tool on the tool rest with the tool shaft parallel with the floor.

Refer to handling explanatory notes and catalogues. While securely holding the tool keep the flat bottom in constant contact with the tool rest and slowly plunge the carbide. Shaping a bowl blank goes pretty quick with a carbide turning tool.

Position the tool rest as close to the work as possible so the carbide cutter is at the lathe center line. Move the tool from side to side keeping it level and remove all the edges until the blank is round. Be aware that the carbide inserts are razor sharp.

Wearing heavy gloves is a good idea. Indexable tools and inserts come in. We will guide you step by step through the process of turning your own bowl on the lathe with Rocklers easy-to-use carbide turning tools.