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My lathe isn't powerful enough for me to want to do much with carbide, but I received a lot of carbide bits (as well as HSS) and there are a couple that seem like they would be great for specific uses, such as threading and boring (and internal threading), but only if I shape them correctly first. I have diamond sharpening "stones" that will work for honing, but would my black silicon carbide wheels work for shaping? How much difference is there between black & green silicon carbide wheels? These are photos I took a year ago of mine:
If that's usable, great. I'll make a simple bushing to mount one of these on my bench grinder. If not I probably won't bother, as I don't care about this enough to buy more tools just for carbide bits on my low-ish power, flat-belt lathe. Too many other things on my list of future purchases.
If that's usable, great. I'll make a simple bushing to mount one of these on my bench grinder. If not I probably won't bother, as I don't care about this enough to buy more tools just for carbide bits on my low-ish power, flat-belt lathe. Too many other things on my list of future purchases.