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DIY turning tools
Furnished content. (from Lumberjocks.com)
I have my grandfather's lathe from around 1962. I have a bunch of tools but no slow speed grinder. I tried to sharpen the tools with diamond stones and they work OK. Then I saw the carbide tools but didn't want to spend $120 a piece for new tools. I bought the carbide inserts for $15 a piece. I had stainless rods lying around and used some thicker maple I had from a primitive cutting board. I wasn't sure how I was going to drill deep 1/2 holes acutely so I routed the wood before hand and then exposed the hole after turning. I really wish I had a live tailstock. I did the black lines by making a small groove and then pushing a wire in until it smoked as I saw someone else do. The ferrules are a connection piece from the plumbing section. The biggest pain was drilling and tapping the holes for the inserts. Two broken drill bits and two broken taps later I got the second one finished. They work pretty well.
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posted at: 12:00am on 08-Mar-2021 path: /Woodworking | permalink
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