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Graham W

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I bought online a really nice carbide square tool the other day
for about £27 with postage. And looking online they also go up to the £100ish.

I’m awful at sharpening chisels so find swapping the heads on the tool better.

But then I took a look and thought ‘I could make that’

After all I can drill, have tap sets and oh yeah a lathe

Have purchased some square bar and once I’ve sussed the
sizes I want will order up some ferulle rings.

Will update as I go... awaiting parts lol
 

21William

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I’ve made over a dozen tools to take carbide inserts. I get the inserts from Glen Teagle.

Replacement Carbide Cutters

By far the best fasteners to use for holding the inserts are Torx screws designed for holding metalwork inserts. You can get these on eBay for a few quid. Search for “Insert Torx Screws”

This is one of the last tools I made.

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21William

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Rather than make a handle for each new tool I also found it better to make my own interchangeable handles. You can buy them commercially but they aren’t cheap. Here are some of mine.

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Some of them use ER Collet chucks and others use simple ferrules turned on my lathe from a variety of materials.
 

21William

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Thanks. I actually made a new shaft for that tool from larger bar. It’s 316 stainless flattened on both sides.

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wm460

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Rather than make a handle for each new tool I also found it better to make my own interchangeable handles. You can buy them commercially but they aren’t cheap. Here are some of mine.

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Some of them use ER Collet chucks and others use simple ferrules turned on my lathe from a variety of materials.

What dia steel or Aluminium did you use on the bottom two handles?
 

21William

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All of the aluminium handles pictured have thick wall aluminium tube covered in plastic hose. The clear hose with the reinforcement gives a nice grip. The aluminium tube is 1” OD with a wall thickness of 3/16”. These are nominal sizes and some have an ID of just about 16mm which is handy as on many of the handles I’ve used C16 ER20 100L Collet Chucks. They only have a 10mm through hole but I bore them out to 13mm using a carbide glass drill.
 

21William

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Yes I saw those tools the other day. Can’t beat the value but they look rather small although possibly ideal for Pen turning if little else.
 

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