{"id":2529,"date":"2015-12-10T05:51:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T05:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.squareonewoodworks.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T06:54:11","slug":"making-lathe-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/2015\/12\/10\/making-lathe-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Carbide Lathe Chisels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, the folks at LumberJocks convinced me to make my own carbide lathe chisels rather than buying them premade.  (to save $110 per<\/em> chisel<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how that went down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The idea is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Take half inch bar stock<\/li>
  • Tap it for an 8×32 screw<\/li>
  • Notch the bar stock end to hold the cutter nicely<\/li>
  • Buy replacement cutters for the name brand tools<\/li>
  • Turn some handles<\/li>
  • Use plumbing copper fitting for ferrule<\/li>
  • Fill the square hole with epoxy and slide the bar in.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    First, I tapped the screw hole and then cleaned up the metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Then, I recessed each of the tips so that the bit would sit lower in the bar stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I am not a metalworker. \u00a0 Obviously<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    *the detail cutter is not Tungsten Carbide, but rather Titanium Nitride, per the recommendation of Grizzly since this model comes to more of a point. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    For the handles, I took 2 pieces of straight-grained hard maple, routed a half inch deep dado partway down, and glued them together.  Then, I had wet glue in the square hole, so I used a smaller piece of bar stock to clean up the excess glue from the inside, which turned the glue black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Brass fittings for the ferrules. \u00a0These help keep the wood compressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Boom diggidy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Completed tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It was a very good process, especially for a newbie (n00b?) wood turner like me.   Cost ended up being about $20\/each when basics were considered (cutter, bar stock, screws) not including finish and wood, which was minimal.  It took a lot of time (again, newbie factor) but it was a good way to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Without a doubt, <\/strong>I will absolutely make tool handles again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Update 4 years later: <\/em><\/strong> I have not made tool handles since. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Recently, the folks at LumberJocks convinced me to make my own carbide lathe chisels rather than buying them premade.  (to save $110 per chisel) Here’s how that went down:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[59,79,66,60],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_1363-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3G03-EN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3230,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/3230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithstestgarage.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}