Thread: The great carbide debate

Hi Cliff and all others reading this dont blame youCliff for hanging on to them No photo needed I continued from the carbid tip at the same angle for 1 mm. then rounded the rest of in a neat chord to the flat base and as Neil says it just peels shavings if held low and mine was on dry mountain ash as well as on some green with the bevel rubbing . I enjoyed the way it worked . Still needed to finish with a skew but will reduce sharpening that by 70 % so there is a saving in itself I would suggest that anyone who can make up one of these and if you cant then take advantage of the batch on offer as it will save you skew chissels BIG TIME . I've been playing with the metal turning tips and they are barely worth the hassel unless you can sharpen them to the bevels on the CiL or the similar ones that Cliff and others are using Cheers for now WW.Wally