Carbide turning tools
#16
Pool noodles work well on my rake and broom handles
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#17
If you have any basic machinist skills you can buy some steel bar stock and the carbide tips and make a turning tool in about 30 minutes. I borrowed some EWTs last summer and compared them to my shop made ones. The EWTs were admittedly prettier but did not cut any better.

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#18
(11-07-2022, 01:36 PM)crokett™ Wrote: If you have any basic machinist skills you can buy some steel bar stock and the carbide tips and make a turning tool in about 30 minutes.  I borrowed some EWTs last summer and compared them to my shop made ones.  The EWTs were admittedly prettier but did not cut any better.

Machinist skills and a proper lathe.  Not saying it can't be done with a woodworking lathe, but it's a whole lot easier if you have a metal lathe.
Still Learning,

Allan Hill
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#19
I made 2 without any lathe.
One is round rod and one is square bar.
I used an angle grinder to notch them out for the cutters and then tapped holes for the screws.
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#20
I have 8-10 carbide tools in my collection. Made all of them myself. Ordered the carbide online. Saved a lot of money by not buying carbides for that application found different ones. A few have round shafts, bt most are 1/2" steel about a foot long. I ground the end to hold the cutter and tapped the screw hole. Turned a handle out of hardwwod and drilled a hole to insert the meta. Epoxied it in and epoxied on a 3/4" copper pipe conector. A few of the square shafts i installed the cutter on the angle I like to use for inside turning. I only use carbide when I am turning corian or wood wth the bark on. Doing it this way you can have 10 tools for the price of 2.
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