Homespun Turning Tools again

[CHJ]

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[McAldo]

Also, Eddie Castellin sells a variety of carbide tools on his website, 3 for $18-24 dependently on the type.
http://eddiecastelin.com/cutters_only
Cannot vouch for the quality, as I haven't tried them yet, but the price is quite good for sure.

 

[hazel]

quick question: I've been reading through and my first thought is, do the mild steal tools hold a blade? I'd never have thought to use mild steal for a tool as I would have thought that the blade would never hold

 

[CHJ]

quick question: I've been reading through and my first thought is, do the mild steal tools hold a blade? I'd never have thought to use mild steal for a tool as I would have thought that the blade would never hold

It would be a pretty good catch that dislodged a TCT tip off the end of a mild steel shank such as this:-

 

[hazel]

ah, I see what you're doing! THe actual edge is a cutting blade not mild steel. That's cheating

 

[CHJ]

For one-off jobs or short runs even a Case Hardened Mild Steel tool will do the job,

I have some "Q-Max" type hole cutters made from mild steel that are still usable after 50 years, all depends on work load. (And they have not punched a valve base hole for a little while now :lol: )

 

[hazel]

fair enough. Until recently I was a welder and my partner is a metal worker so metal has always been my thing in the past, all our homemade tools are from tool steel though as we asumed that mild steel and other such would fail to hold an edge. Mild steel is far easier to get hold of though so may be worth exploring

 

[KimG]

Show us some pictures when you're done Vic, I would be most interested in seeing how they look. An interesting thread altogether this one.

 

[woodfarmer]

Instead of using tools with a mild steel cutting edge , why not use EN32B it case hardens. so if you make a scraper ready to use then case harden it you will always have a case hardened cutting tip (top of tool) to use provided you don't over heat it when grinding back. This steel is easily available from metal merchants..eg Merseyside Metal Services Ltd

 

[Bill Mooney]

I bought carbide tips on eBay & made my tools from mild steel bar. The link shows me turning with my tools in a 2 part video, you can access part 2 on the site. They really do remove the timber. You need chip deflectors.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NFF4PoPi6Wk