But when you find yourself in a position to move forward in your life or project, you need to grab the bull by the horns, learn some new things, experiment and give it a shot. Cheap woodturning tools are good for one thing that I can say from experience. You can learn how to properly sharpen a woodturning gouge or chisel and not fear that you are going to ruin your dollar wood-lathe gouge!
Woodturning is one of those hobbies that might look like it would be pretty easy and cheap to get into and get started. Or you could spend over bucks a gouge to discover the difference. This approach has one problem, if its one of your first gouges you will probably ruin it at some point, whether the sharpening or thru misuse.
Check out my post on where to buy woodturning tools and equipment. So, my advice would be to start with a cheap set of tools and then buy the more expensive tools on a one by one basis, learning the ins and outs of that tool. Are you handy, do you have basic wood turning and woodworking skills, do you have some knowledge of steel and how to work with it?
Recently a set of tools has entered the market that looks like a standard wood lathe chisel or gouge, but in reality it simply has a carbide insert cutter screwed into the end of a length of steel. You can go to www. I wish I had tried these before I invested in my expensive sharpening system. You will want to get these set screws decently tight, if they are loose they can vibrate free. Now that your tool has inserts installed, and is in a toolholder, you are ready to install it on the lathe.
It is again recommended to clean all the surfaces on the toolholder, and toolpost. To install your toolholder, rotate the large handle on top of the toolpost counterclockwise, until the small gibs raises up. Then slide you toolholder onto the approiate dovetail slot. Push the tool all the way down, and rotate the handle clockwise until tight. In this operation, you will be setting the tool height relative to the machine.
The ideal height for each tool varies, because the cutting edges sit at different heights on each tool. However, all tools will cut best when the cutting edge is directly on the centerline of the spindle. For quick change toolholders, the height is set by adjusting the thumbscrew and locking nut. On traditional 4 way toolposts, shims must be added under the tool. To set the height you will want something long, and relatively flat, with two parallel edges.
A steel rule, works great for this. You will also want a piece of round of decent diameter. This method will in theory work with any diameter, but it will be more difficult as the diameter goes down. I used a piece of 2" aluminum round I had leftover. With the machine off, chuck the round stock in the chuck, and tighten.
You will be cutting with it, so don't skimp on the chucking. Next, move the tool until the cutting edge is in a position to contact the outer diameter of the work piece. Take your rule, or other object, and hold it so it so the cutting edge of the tool is roughly centered on the length of the rule.
Then, advance the X axis until the cutting edge just contacts the rule. Be careful, to much pressure will break the carbide. You should now be able to let go of the rule, and it should stay in place. If not, keep putting light pressure on the axis until it stays. Now, postion yourself so you can get a good look directly at the front of the spindle. If the tool was perfectly level, you would see the rule perfectly vertical, however, unless you are extremely lucky, it is most likely angled.
If the rule is angled such that top is closer to the spindle center, the tool is too high. Similarily, if the rule is angled such that the bottom is the closer to the spindle center, the tool is too low. Take note of the angle of the rule, and decide which way to move the tool. Then, remove the tool from the toolpost. Loosen the locking nut on top the thumbscrew, and rotate the thumbscrew so it moves either up or down. There is no direct science on how much to move the thumbscrew at this point, so you should use your best judgement, if it is wrong, there will be no harm.
Once you have moved the thumbscrew, tighten the locking nut, and re-install the tool. Repeat the rule test, and thumbscrew adjustment until the rule is too your best judgement, vertical. It does not have to be dead nuts perfect at this point, as you will continue to dial it in. Now that you have roughly set the tool height, you can begin taking cuts to dial in the height. Which you guessed it, more money out of pocket. It just depends what your situation is.
If your looking for a fast way and easy way to get into woodturning then carbide may be the way to go. The carbide turning tools are similar to HSS but different in how they work. I have seen some styles that are rounded across the top and down the sides BUT they all have a flat that runs the full length of the bottom of the tool. It was designed like this for a couple of reasons. While the flat part of the bottom is placed on the tool rest all you have to do is make sure that the turning tool is parallel with the floor.
From there you just slide it forward into your wood project and it should start cutting. When held parallel to the floor it transmits all of pressure downward into the tool-rest. This is considered a benefit because with high speed steel tools you expend a little energy in controlling your gouges and chisels whey they are braced against your body. With the carbide turning tools it eliminates all that. These tools happen to come in a couple different sizes. The large size and by large I mean the total length of the tool can be used for larger spindle work like chair or table legs.
Pretty much anything that has a significant length to it. The smaller type of carbide turners are just shorter in design. These are normally used for small wood projects such as pen turning or finials.
The handles come in different designs and each vary in the way they look. Some come with what I call two different hand positions. What do I mean by that? Well basically two handles that have been turned on a single spindle. This is done for better hand position and comfort when you need to choke up on the handle for finer detail work.
Others come with just a normal handle like you would see on traditional turning tools. You can turn wooden bowls with these. You can move them backwards and forwards along the top of the tool-rest as you make your cut. Through the design of the carbide turning tools the chance of a dig-in or a catch is significantly reduced.
Carbide tools are capable of lathing away a massive amount of wood in a short amount of time. The introduction of carbide tipped wood turning tools has greatly simplified wood turning. Position the tool rest as close to the work as possible so the carbide cutter is at the lathe center line.
Place the tool on the tool rest with the tool shaft parallel with the floor. While securely holding the tool slowly move the carbide cutter into the work. Simple Wood Turning Tools Demonstrated. Tool Length 12". Product Reviews. You May Also Like
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