Thread: Tools ... fresh from the workshop

I finally splashed out and bought some carbide tool tips. No.1 square and round to start with.
After seeing the price here for full sized tools, I nearly had heart failure. Still the old saying quality = price reared its head.

Not wanting to shell out the best part part of $500 big ones I decided to make my own.
Best money I've spent on tools for a while. Had I bought the bar in a meter length it would have only cost me $2.80, but the guy didnt mention that until he had already cut two lengths.

A little bit of machining, gluing, grinding and filing and hey presto two rosewood handled wood lathe tools for approx $42.00 each. Well worth the morning effort. They sure do whittle the wood off in a hurry, just what I needed for those bigger projects. Plus I just had to add the rolling pin into photo as well, an project made real fast and easy with the carbide tools.

Parts:
13mm (1/2 inch) square bar 450 mm long x 2 $3.50 each
1 pack copper olives = $4.37
1 square and 1 round carbide cutter = $70.00
4 pieces 50 x 25 Rose wood = free.
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