Thread: Carbide tips for DIY ex USA

Hughie,

Contacted this mob before and they will send up to 4lbs in one parcel for $US19.45 to OZ.
This equates to 300 knives or 30 boxes of 10. Sounds good as the $AU is on the way up again.

Cheers

Question, Hughie:
Is it easy to buy screws with the right degree of slope on the shoulder for these knives? Just curious if they are pretty well standardized in the industry. I've wanted to go for something like this before, and have hesitated for that reason.
BTW - It's too cold for work in the shed for some time now, and a while to go. I'll get around to puttin' that ez cutter to work one of these days.

Thanks, Hughie....

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Allen,

They have screws:

Spiral - Spare Screws

at $0.88 they are half the price of the cutter!

What I can't understand is the price difference between the Non-Titan Brand @ $3.59 and the Titan Spiral Shear Heads @ $1.99.

Trevor

Still looking for those round ones though . Had any luck Hughie????

]Still looking for those round ones though

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Is it easy to buy screws with the right degree of slope on the shoulder for these knives? Just curious if they are pretty well standardized in the industry. I've wanted to go for something like this before, and have hesitated for that reason.

Screws are alway for sale via the tip tool companies and they do vary some between manufacturers. But once you settle on a tip type etc then you only need that particular holding screw. They are normally low cost items, a couple bucks each at the most.They will be metric and you may have to buy a small metric tap etc.

But if you look around for some counter sunk Allen screws, I find you can grind them down to a fairly decent holding screw. They are not much cheaper but far more readily available via you local Eng. supply outfit or local nut and bolt shop etc.

Originally Posted by hughie

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Got a bit lost looking for carbide inserts suitable for cutting wood. Had in tha back of my mind that C3 grade was about right but couldn't see any described as such.

Which grades of carbide are suitable for woodturning speeds/temperatures?

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Which grades of carbide are suitable for woodturninf speeds/temperatures?

most if not all are for metal and you have to sharpen up the edge for fine work. But for roughing they should do fine. Found a site for round wood cutters but lost it . Plenty available in HSS tho'

might be the answer, look for Double Back Out Knife

http://globaltooling.bizhosting.com/...le-knives.html

Hughie,

Have you seen this Easywood copy?

www.carbidewoodturningtools.com

They must be pi---- -ff as there is hardly any diff!!

Have you seen this Easywood copy?

This out come was highly predictable and only a matter of time.Theres another site selling something similar for about $50US.

Originally Posted by WOODbTURNER

Hughie,

Have you seen this Easywood copy?

www.carbidewoodturningtools.com

They must be pi---- -ff as there is hardly any diff!!

Interesting that they have gone down the router-bit pathway for round cutters. Looks like the round carbide inserts that are suitable for woodturning are not so readily available.

Found this source of round cutters, but not as cheap as the square inserts: Round Inserts. The raised cutting rims on some of the round inserts look like interesting options.

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Looks like we are still all stuck in the same place, are we? The round cutters for wood are hard to come by and expensive. I would not touch those for metal cutting (like those you mention, Hughie and Neil), not worth the hassle IMHO, but I admit I had very little experience with them. They are only suitable for slow speed cutting anyway.

Re screws: I got the closest I could find and ground the top to fit, not a stopper to DIY, IMHO again. Next time I might actually look for a better fit, if it is worth it.

Some time ago somebody found a source for round ones that looked promising, I let it pass because mailing charge was $50 and I wanted to look around first. Now that I have, I'll probably try to find that source again. Anybody interested in a group buy?

Re copycat tools: Wow, who would ever have imagined that? I am curious to see if/when somebody will produce commercially my 3 edge bedan...

Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

Some time ago somebody found a source for round ones that looked promising, I let it pass because mailing charge was $50 and I wanted to look around first. Now that I have, I'll probably try to find that source again. Anybody interested in a group buy?

I'd be interested in a group buy, Frank.

My interest in the round ones is for both the inside of bowls and the extra mileage you would get from a round cutter.... you only have to rotate it slightly to get a fresh sharp cutting area, thus more use from each insert. Going by my teardrop HSS scraper tips, control might also be easier.

I'm still not clear which grades of carbide are most suitable for wood at the speeds we woodturners work at. If we new that it would narrow the search.

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