I love the way this guy offers clear instructions, shares his resources, and offers an education to boot. I did not expect to learn about carbide, but I'm glad I did.
Every video of this guy I see makes me wish i could subscribe again and again. I’ll try brazing square carbide blanks to a carbon steel shank. If it holds up in lathe tooling, i guess will holdup chiseling action. Maybe even mortising? Holy smokes.
I am so pleased to have found you sir, I'm learning so much from you, I'm subscribed so I'll never loose your videos.. thank you for taking the time to show and explain your skills. Top man 👍🏼😊
Great video. I built the diamond wheel sharpener and the carbide rods and made my first tool like this. I turned a handle to hold it and realized that if I had inserted the rod into the handle and then sharpened it, it would have been easier to hold it steady, I will try that for the next one. Thank you!
Patrick excellent video! Just the inspiration and motivation I was looking for. It is funny how in today's market we are so tunned to buy first and understand second. Making your own tools is much more rewarding and you get experience in making it also! Steven Columbus Michigan
I very much agree on your mention of dust mitigation in this video; cobalt dust is a powerful carcinogen and tungsten carbide dust has its own health concerns. It may not be much dust but a lifetime of working in the garage has cumulative effects, so be sure its a positive one
I save all my broken carbide end mills and turn them in to metal chisels and pin gauges! I only have them break when I drop them from 3-4 on the concrete ground, and they dont even always break then, but it does make my butthole pucker! Btw, HSS will also break when dropped from a comparable height. Happy Machining!
these are excellent videos you are doing. i grind tungsten on a stone grinder all the time, for welding. im sure a dremel with a set of course stones would also get at the tungsten also. i cant wait to make a set of tools like these
Welding electrodes are Tungsten while cutting tools are made from Tungsten carbide. These are two completely different materials. Tungsten carbide would shred most grinding stones because it is harder than the often used corundum.
Hello and thank you for your videos! I am just in the process of making sculpture tools but of a basic type, like gouges, wood chisels at human size and not at the size of gnomes! LOL! I am French, "thank you google translation" and excuse me, I did not understand the metal you use and where do you get it? thank you for sharing and see you soon.
Many thanks that u have shown how to make this small tools out of carbide. Small tools but BIG help. Do You have any idea, how to make checkering tools for gunstock? Tried threads from screws etc. but it just does not work.
Checkering tools are scrapers with 2-3 teeth cut in them. One tooth rides in a previous groove in order to maintain exact spacing. I have never made a checkering tool, but if I were to try, I would make it out of O-1 tool steel, rather than carbide. I cannot see any easy way to shape a big chunk of carbide into multiple precision teeth, oriented at a right angle to the shaft. With steel, you could potentially file the teeth into their exact profile, then heat the tool to a bright orange color and bend the end of the tool (with the teeth on it) down into the correct orientation. This would be challenging work, and would be a lot easier with a forge and blacksmithing tools. My suggestion is to buy a commercial tool from a gunsmithing supplier like Brownell's. If anyone has made such a tool, I would love to hear from you.
Man I love your vid on this nice job , however when I went to buy from them I found the shipping outrageous! Seeing how I live in Illinois and they are in Minnasota and they are charging me more for shipping than the price of the merchandise. $10.74 for items and $13.84 for ups shipping with a .75 cent tariff charge , yet postal small flat rate box costs $7.90 . Cant justify that kind of expense. Guess i Will keep shopping.
Very awesome I'm a wood carver what would you charge to make a normal size set of chisels say a 7-10 chisel set? With different size v tools and different size gouges as well as skew and straight chisels.
Lots of turning tools have carbide blades. Most have steel shanks, with a carbide insert at the business end, for economy reasons. You could make one out of a solid carbide rod, but keep in mind that if the tool catches in a turning project, the lathe can exert a very strong force on the shaft. In my opinion, you would be safer if you used rod that is considerably thicker than these light-duty chisels. Carbide is very strong, and very rigid, but not terribly resilient.
I 'm trying to find on Amazon which Ultra-Met rods meet the criteria. e.g " Ultra-Met 1/8D X 1½-PGPC Solid Carbide Rod, Precision Ground and Polished with Chamfer on One End, Grade UF110C " Does it meet the criteria? I read under the product features: Product features Ultra Fine Grain 10% Cobalt - C2 / K25 Precision Ground to H6 Tolerance: Diameter = -0.0001"/-0.0004" Surface Finish: 2 Ra - 4 Ra Manufactured DIN Standards: 6527 / 6528 (btw thank you for sharing, nice videos)
I would like to try out but will have to find a different supplier. Centennial Carbide shipping was $14 for just $5 worth of rod. Thanks for the video(s).
Dave, why don't you see if you can find a supplier in South Africa? The Rand/Dollar exchange rate should work in your favour. I'm currently searching for a suitable South African supplier.
9:28 could you make a video about this tool. I've seen you use it as a parting tool and to do some fine detail work. Did you make it or is it for sale somewhere?
Flat stock is fine. You will need a slightly larger hole in the handle, but just use enough epoxy to fill the spaces around the flat sides. The blanks are not very expensive, and I encourage you to get a couple of extras (probably the same shipping fee) and experiment. Maybe try both flat and round, if your supplier offers both those shapes.
im in spain, so my only option is amazon, but it doesnt mention particle size; at least not directly; is there some type of code that mentions this? how do i know it's the good type
I just checked Amazon. The two suppliers who provide small rod shapes are Small Parts and Ultra-Met. Small Parts identifies its rods as "C2". This simply means a product they intend for ordinary shop tools. It is probably not a high cobalt product, but will still likely work well for you, provided you are using it for typical carving or detail work in wood. Ultra-Met actually specifies that its product contains 10% cobalt, and ultra-fine grain carbide. That should be perfect.
@@PatrickSullivan used to work there. at that time they made many different grades. everything from machine shops to coal mining. heck even the dust on the cement floors there made them very slick.
I ordered K30 blanks on AliExpress. K30 seems to be a similar spec according to carbide.ultra-met.com/viewitems/iso-grades/iso-grade-classifications-tungsten-carbide
No, I have not tried to make a knife shape in carbide yet. My hunch is that it will work, but I have some reservations. The edge on a chisel is an included angle of roughly 25-30 degrees. The edge on many knife blades is an included angle of perhaps 10 degrees or less. I don't know how durable this very thin edge will be. If you are cutting a soft wood like basswood, and paring off thin shavings, I would expect carbide to perform well. If you are cutting a very hard species like jatoba or white oak, and prying out small chunks, the forces on the edge would be much greater. On the other hand, a little experimentation would only risk a few dollars, and would be very interesting.
Not sure if you hear of Uri Tuchman but he's an engraver/maker and he made his own gravers with tempered tool steel. As in he bought tool steel shaped it and heat treated it himself in his flat. But anyways. They worked on steel. I don't see this carbide being worse. Actually seems better in my opinion. I only watched this video because I was looking on how to make your own chisels and gravers.
Brilliant. Have Lie-Nielsen or Veritas been in touch to pay you to stop making these? It's going to cost them sales. I wonder how soon before we get carbide plane blades.
If you are aware of medical research that conclusively shows that carbide is carcinogenic in humans, I would like to see it. Tungsten carbide is a very inert substance which is unlikely to interact with tissue to cause mutations that lead to cancer. However, the dust is sharp, and would be expected to act like silicate dust, which causes scarring when inhaled into the lungs in large quantities over a long period of time. I think it would be simply prudent to minimize dust exposure. Fortunately, the dust is very heavy, causing most particles to fall out of the air quickly, reducing the chances that you will breathe in carbide dust long after the grinding is over.
www.federalcarbide.com/tungsten_carbide_material_safety_data_sheet.html www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/work-safely-with-tungsten-carbide-2 www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng1320.html nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1960.pdf Just do a search for tungsten carbide dust. Always wet grind and the resulting water mixture is a hazardous material.
Thanks for the material data sheet, qwerty. My review of the medical literature suggests that there are hints that very tiny nanoparticles of tungsten carbide can cause cell damage in test tubes, and in humans it seems likely that lung scarring will develop after years of daily high-level occupational exposure. Two very shaky studies from France suggest that there might be a small increase in lung cancer among workers who have already developed serious lung scarring. These findings, while not conclusive, have raised enough concern for government safety agencies to raise a warning flag. No one has yet published any studies that show serious human toxicity from the occasional grinding or sharpening of carbide tools. Still, be careful about inhaling the dust.
Well, I don't want a lot of cobalt in my lungs, either. My suspicion is that traces of these compounds don't pose a very serious threat, but heavy exposure should be avoided at all cost. Qwerty's advice to always wet grind makes sense to me. I also think his advice to treat the water mixture as dangerous is prudent.
Hi Patrick, I just wanted to know if you are selling the Mini Router Table which you make? if you do please let me know how much and how can I buy one from you?
Dear Mister Sullivan: I saw with grate advantage some of your UA-cam publications. My english are poor, however, I want express my gratitude for your work of education. Education in many sense. My surprise come with your video: Instant Access Tool Center. I was working in organizing my tools when I found your videos. With previous pieces in that sense, I´m putting your concepts and procedures, as I can, with my apprentice condition, in my toolbox project. I my say, that your proposal takes implied deep reflections on the handwork, the tools and their use, and the idea of Design, focusing in function and sense of the working process. I´m graphic worker and artist, and I appreciate deeply to have shared this piece of work. I will send you images (if you agree) of my very elemental work, that I have grate enjoy in the process of construction. Sincerily: Antonio Ochoa.
Is it possible to grind a chisel blade with tungsten carbide that's under 1mm, using the methods you're outlining here? I'm wondering if one were to go that small, would the tungsten simply fracture, or would it be possible (albiet, quite difficult I imagine).
You can buy tungsten carbide end mills that are less than 1mm. I have used them, and they work, although they are fragile and prone to breaking. My suggestion would be to use 3mm or 1/8" carbide rod, and just grind down the tip to the narrow profile you want. If the sub-1mm section is very short, it will probably perform well.
This is an amazing video and thanks a lot for explaining how tungsten carbide is made and the info on microns for grading, Id like to make some carving chisels but I would also like to experiment making a tc bowl gouge for my wood lathe to see if it will withstand a lot of stress, knowing that a rod as 0.4 microns is stronger for high stress then it makes it more worth while experimenting 👍
hi Patrick i love your video its amazing can you use a grinder to cut the blanks into shape ? or do i have to get diamond cutter to make it work for me please? Mat have a great day.
I love the way this guy offers clear instructions, shares his resources, and offers an education to boot. I did not expect to learn about carbide, but I'm glad I did.
I do a lot of tool-making on my channel and this video is just GREAT. Excellent production value and very informative. Totally impressed.
I subscribe to 3 channels - 2 of which are represented in this comment. Thank you for all the effort and time that you put into making great things.
Every video of this guy I see makes me wish i could subscribe again and again. I’ll try brazing square carbide blanks to a carbon steel shank. If it holds up in lathe tooling, i guess will holdup chiseling action. Maybe even mortising? Holy smokes.
I am so pleased to have found you sir, I'm learning so much from you, I'm subscribed so I'll never loose your videos.. thank you for taking the time to show and explain your skills. Top man 👍🏼😊
Great video. I built the diamond wheel sharpener and the carbide rods and made my first tool like this. I turned a handle to hold it and realized that if I had inserted the rod into the handle and then sharpened it, it would have been easier to hold it steady, I will try that for the next one. Thank you!
Patrick excellent video! Just the inspiration and motivation I was looking for.
It is funny how in today's market we are so tunned to buy first and understand second.
Making your own tools is much more rewarding and you get experience in making it also!
Steven Columbus Michigan
best professional quality .thank you so much
This video just saved my day! Thank you so much.
I very much agree on your mention of dust mitigation in this video; cobalt dust is a powerful carcinogen and tungsten carbide dust has its own health concerns. It may not be much dust but a lifetime of working in the garage has cumulative effects, so be sure its a positive one
I save all my broken carbide end mills and turn them in to metal chisels and pin gauges! I only have them break when I drop them from 3-4 on the concrete ground, and they dont even always break then, but it does make my butthole pucker! Btw, HSS will also break when dropped from a comparable height. Happy Machining!
Spectacular idea , Thanx !!!
Thanks for posting this, can't wait to make them.
Thank you very useful,clear and precise, I am a guitar builder and use some small tools
Thank you very much for this informative video.
Hey would be good to see you engraving with them tools 👌
Very interesting and informative! Thanks for sharing!
Hello and thank you very much for very useful and Accurate with detail explanations .))
Great Video
Thank you ,I like it!
Thanks for sharing, I really appreciate your job
how about a video on the wooden case you keep them in
Great video
these are excellent videos you are doing. i grind tungsten on a stone grinder all the time, for welding. im sure a dremel with a set of course stones would also get at the tungsten also. i cant wait to make a set of tools like these
Welding electrodes are Tungsten while cutting tools are made from Tungsten carbide. These are two completely different materials.
Tungsten carbide would shred most grinding stones because it is harder than the often used corundum.
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Amazing! Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to the next video :-)
Hello and thank you for your videos! I am just in the process of making sculpture tools but of a basic type, like gouges, wood chisels at human size and not at the size of gnomes! LOL! I am French, "thank you google translation" and excuse me, I did not understand the metal you use and where do you get it?
thank you for sharing and see you soon.
Well done, Patrick - I've just subscribed!
Thank you.
Wow!! Thanks!
Can you make a tutorial on making a Thai fruit carving knife. Thank you sir
Many thanks that u have shown how to make this small tools out of carbide.
Small tools but BIG help. Do You have any idea, how to make checkering tools for gunstock? Tried threads from screws etc. but it just does not work.
Checkering tools are scrapers with 2-3 teeth cut in them. One tooth rides in a previous groove in order to maintain exact spacing. I have never made a checkering tool, but if I were to try, I would make it out of O-1 tool steel, rather than carbide. I cannot see any easy way to shape a big chunk of carbide into multiple precision teeth, oriented at a right angle to the shaft. With steel, you could potentially file the teeth into their exact profile, then heat the tool to a bright orange color and bend the end of the tool (with the teeth on it) down into the correct orientation. This would be challenging work, and would be a lot easier with a forge and blacksmithing tools. My suggestion is to buy a commercial tool from a gunsmithing supplier like Brownell's. If anyone has made such a tool, I would love to hear from you.
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Man I love your vid on this nice job , however when I went to buy from them I found the shipping outrageous! Seeing how I live in Illinois and they are in Minnasota and they are charging me more for shipping than the price of the merchandise. $10.74 for items and $13.84 for ups shipping with a .75 cent tariff charge , yet postal small flat rate box costs $7.90 . Cant justify that kind of expense. Guess i Will keep shopping.
Very awesome I'm a wood carver what would you charge to make a normal size set of chisels say a 7-10 chisel set? With different size v tools and different size gouges as well as skew and straight chisels.
Great idea. What lubricant do you use? Is it just water?
Question: could you make turning tools from this material? I also noticed that Centennial Carbide sell strips which are quite cheap in small sizes.
Lots of turning tools have carbide blades. Most have steel shanks, with a carbide insert at the business end, for economy reasons. You could make one out of a solid carbide rod, but keep in mind that if the tool catches in a turning project, the lathe can exert a very strong force on the shaft. In my opinion, you would be safer if you used rod that is considerably thicker than these light-duty chisels. Carbide is very strong, and very rigid, but not terribly resilient.
I 'm trying to find on Amazon which Ultra-Met rods meet the criteria.
e.g " Ultra-Met 1/8D X 1½-PGPC Solid Carbide Rod, Precision Ground and Polished with Chamfer on One End, Grade UF110C "
Does it meet the criteria?
I read under the product features:
Product features
Ultra Fine Grain 10% Cobalt - C2 / K25
Precision Ground to H6 Tolerance: Diameter = -0.0001"/-0.0004"
Surface Finish: 2 Ra - 4 Ra
Manufactured DIN Standards: 6527 / 6528
(btw thank you for sharing, nice videos)
I would like to try out but will have to find a different supplier. Centennial Carbide shipping was $14 for just $5 worth of rod. Thanks for the video(s).
Dave, why don't you see if you can find a supplier in South Africa? The Rand/Dollar exchange rate should work in your favour. I'm currently searching for a suitable South African supplier.
I've watched several of your videos. I appreciate your teaching style and video production. Nice work on all of these chisels.
Could I use them on bone and antlers
9:28 could you make a video about this tool. I've seen you use it as a parting tool and to do some fine detail work. Did you make it or is it for sale somewhere?
Does it matter if you use flat stock instead of round? Wanted to know your thoughts before I order my pieces.
Flat stock is fine. You will need a slightly larger hole in the handle, but just use enough epoxy to fill the spaces around the flat sides. The blanks are not very expensive, and I encourage you to get a couple of extras (probably the same shipping fee) and experiment. Maybe try both flat and round, if your supplier offers both those shapes.
@@PatrickSullivan Thanks for the feedback.
im in spain, so my only option is amazon, but it doesnt mention particle size; at least not directly; is there some type of code that mentions this? how do i know it's the good type
I just checked Amazon. The two suppliers who provide small rod shapes are Small Parts and Ultra-Met. Small Parts identifies its rods as "C2". This simply means a product they intend for ordinary shop tools. It is probably not a high cobalt product, but will still likely work well for you, provided you are using it for typical carving or detail work in wood. Ultra-Met actually specifies that its product contains 10% cobalt, and ultra-fine grain carbide. That should be perfect.
@@PatrickSullivan used to work there. at that time they made many different grades. everything from machine shops to coal mining. heck even the dust on the cement floors there made them very slick.
I ordered K30 blanks on AliExpress. K30 seems to be a similar spec according to carbide.ultra-met.com/viewitems/iso-grades/iso-grade-classifications-tungsten-carbide
It takes grinding better than steel don't put water it changes the steel I use them for engraving
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Have you tried making a carving blade out of carbide. I noticed 1/6 x 3/8 x 6 inch pieces for sale at centennial.
No, I have not tried to make a knife shape in carbide yet. My hunch is that it will work, but I have some reservations. The edge on a chisel is an included angle of roughly 25-30 degrees. The edge on many knife blades is an included angle of perhaps 10 degrees or less. I don't know how durable this very thin edge will be. If you are cutting a soft wood like basswood, and paring off thin shavings, I would expect carbide to perform well. If you are cutting a very hard species like jatoba or white oak, and prying out small chunks, the forces on the edge would be much greater. On the other hand, a little experimentation would only risk a few dollars, and would be very interesting.
The only a few dollars and very interesting part is was has me. I may just do that.
Would tungsten carbide be suitable to make gravers for hand etching on metal?
I would think they would be perfect as gravers, but I have no actual experience with this kind of work.
Not sure if you hear of Uri Tuchman but he's an engraver/maker and he made his own gravers with tempered tool steel. As in he bought tool steel shaped it and heat treated it himself in his flat. But anyways. They worked on steel. I don't see this carbide being worse. Actually seems better in my opinion. I only watched this video because I was looking on how to make your own chisels and gravers.
Brilliant.
Have Lie-Nielsen or Veritas been in touch to pay you to stop making these? It's going to cost them sales.
I wonder how soon before we get carbide plane blades.
Carbide is stronger but a lot more brittle and I think that’s why they don’t use it
im still skeptical
i wouldnt tap one with a hammer
You wouldn't tap a diamond with a hammer either...
Where did you get the ferrules for the handles?
It's copper pipe.
Call me a conspiracy nut, but i heard his brother owns two major tungsten carbide distributors
jk lol
Remember that tungsten carbide dust is a carcinogen.
If you are aware of medical research that conclusively shows that carbide is carcinogenic in humans, I would like to see it. Tungsten carbide is a very inert substance which is unlikely to interact with tissue to cause mutations that lead to cancer. However, the dust is sharp, and would be expected to act like silicate dust, which causes scarring when inhaled into the lungs in large quantities over a long period of time. I think it would be simply prudent to minimize dust exposure. Fortunately, the dust is very heavy, causing most particles to fall out of the air quickly, reducing the chances that you will breathe in carbide dust long after the grinding is over.
www.federalcarbide.com/tungsten_carbide_material_safety_data_sheet.html
www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/work-safely-with-tungsten-carbide-2
www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsneng/neng1320.html
nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1960.pdf
Just do a search for tungsten carbide dust. Always wet grind and the resulting water mixture is a hazardous material.
Thanks for the material data sheet, qwerty. My review of the medical literature suggests that there are hints that very tiny nanoparticles of tungsten carbide can cause cell damage in test tubes, and in humans it seems likely that lung scarring will develop after years of daily high-level occupational exposure. Two very shaky studies from France suggest that there might be a small increase in lung cancer among workers who have already developed serious lung scarring. These findings, while not conclusive, have raised enough concern for government safety agencies to raise a warning flag. No one has yet published any studies that show serious human toxicity from the occasional grinding or sharpening of carbide tools. Still, be careful about inhaling the dust.
Well, I don't want a lot of cobalt in my lungs, either. My suspicion is that traces of these compounds don't pose a very serious threat, but heavy exposure should be avoided at all cost. Qwerty's advice to always wet grind makes sense to me. I also think his advice to treat the water mixture as dangerous is prudent.
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Such a well made video, thanks!
Hi Patrick, I just wanted to know if you are selling the Mini Router Table which you make? if you do please let me know how much and how can I buy one from you?
I’m having a heck of a time finding 1/8 x 1/4 TC bar stock to make some chisels.
Thanks for sharing all your experience !
Dear Mister Sullivan:
I saw with grate advantage some of your UA-cam publications.
My english are poor, however, I want express my gratitude for your work of education.
Education in many sense. My surprise come with your video: Instant Access Tool Center.
I was working in organizing my tools when I found your videos.
With previous pieces in that sense, I´m putting your concepts and procedures, as I can, with my apprentice condition, in my toolbox project.
I my say, that your proposal takes implied deep reflections on the handwork, the tools and their use, and the idea of Design, focusing in function and sense of the working process.
I´m graphic worker and artist, and I appreciate deeply to have shared this piece of work.
I will send you images (if you agree) of my very elemental work, that I have grate enjoy in the process of construction.
Sincerily:
Antonio Ochoa.
EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you for all the information. Buying carbide rods to make gravers right now!
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Is it possible to grind a chisel blade with tungsten carbide that's under 1mm, using the methods you're outlining here? I'm wondering if one were to go that small, would the tungsten simply fracture, or would it be possible (albiet, quite difficult I imagine).
You can buy tungsten carbide end mills that are less than 1mm. I have used them, and they work, although they are fragile and prone to breaking. My suggestion would be to use 3mm or 1/8" carbide rod, and just grind down the tip to the narrow profile you want. If the sub-1mm section is very short, it will probably perform well.
Subscribed. Excellent channel.
8:20 woah, what happened there saying cut?
very well done looking forward to the next video.
You shouldn't need to cool the bar with water while when using the cutoff wheel. Carbide won't lose its temper the way steel does.
I believe the water is to keep the dust level down.
Very good! Thanks
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This is an amazing video and thanks a lot for explaining how tungsten carbide is made and the info on microns for grading, Id like to make some carving chisels but I would also like to experiment making a tc bowl gouge for my wood lathe to see if it will withstand a lot of stress, knowing that a rod as 0.4 microns is stronger for high stress then it makes it more worth while experimenting 👍
hi Patrick i love your video its amazing can you use a grinder to cut the blanks into shape ? or do i have to get diamond cutter to make it work for me please? Mat have a great day.
this is nonsense. Cut quality of carbide is inferior to tool steel.
Maybe you're thinking of titanium... But do your research...
@@suecollins3246 i run a woodworkingshop
Please stop eating bubblegum when making voiceovers.
What the hell are you yapping about?