How To Make Carbide Wood Turning Tools

Time to epoxy the metal into the handle.

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. I am not a turner. We had a budget of under 5000Eddie Castelin httped.

Remove the cutter and screw and tape up that end. Do the same for the ferule. How to make wood turning tools with carbide cutters.

I never wanted to be a turner. They are pretty rough but they really work well. When turning wood bowls this is primarily a problem in the trouble zone areas.

See my post on hardening and tempering steel for details. I watched a guy called Travis on youtube make a set of carbide tipped woodturning tools and just copied him. That was fun I learned a bunch and use the tool all the time.

This video shows the materials required and the process involved in making a carbide lathe tool at home. Once done I drilled a small hole for the carbide screw and tapped it with the same size thread as the screw. I did make a 116 parting tool from a reciprocating saw blade with a metal handle.

Do a dry fit of your bar then tape around the bar where it meets the chisel so it is easier to remove any squeeze out. The round shaped carbide tool works well for the bowl interior but not well on the exterior. Carbide turning tools can be used for both spindle and bowl turning.