Carbide barrel trimmers

[Stephen]

Does any one know a supplier for a carbide pen barrel trimmers other than PSI as they are too busy and have not responded for more than 3 weeks.
Many Thanks
Stephen

 

[Woodlvr]

Woodturningz.com is a PSI reseller and his prices are lower than PSI, or CSUSA, WoodNWhimsies.com, Arizona Silhouette.com, these are members of the forum so it helps our friends if we try to buy from them.

Mike

 

[JWW]

Woodturningz.com, fast communication, great price, faster shipping.

 

[GBusardo]

Can I ask why you want a carbide barrel trimmer? Seems to me that when it goes dull, it would be harder to sharpen.

 

[Daniel]

Gary, Not harder to sharpen, just requires the right tool to do it.

 

[gerryr]

But, if you drop that carbide equipped head and the carbide breaks, the head is useless since the carbide is brazed or soldered in. IF it designed so you replace the carbide, it might well be worth extra money, but not the way it's designed.

 

[Firefyter-emt]

More so, there have been a lot of people who have had the carbide cutter take chunks out of the blank. If I remember, it has just 2 teeth, right?

 

[Paul in OKC]

The one I have seen was just two bladed. I can sharpen them.
I also have on the some day to make list a 3-4 blade that will use indexable inserts, just haven't gotten down that far on the list yet.

 

[Stephen]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I am settling for the basic HSS trimmer.
Stephen

 

[Firefyter-emt]

Paul, that sounds sweet!! Are you thinking four sided inserts?

 

[PopPop]

Stephen, I'm glad to see that you desided to stay with the HSS 4 flute trimmer. I just bought one of the carbide trimmers and have ruined 3 pen blanks in about 20 minutes. It grabs and takes a chunk out of the blank and then split the side off the blank. Not cheap blanks either.

 

[Paul in OKC]

Originally posted by Firefyter-emt
<br />Paul, that sounds sweet!! Are you thinking four sided inserts?

Yep.
And some of the reason that the carbide rips the blanks, IMO, is that the 'rake' is too steep on the back side. I sharpened one for some one, and made it a little shallower, don't remember how it worked for him, but had to be better. Too much rake lets the blade dig. There is a fine line[]

 

[Daniel]

only having two blades is what has kept me away from them. That along with what Paul described means to much pressure per cutter and cutting to deep/fast. As for chipping the carbide. All my router bits are carbide. You live and learn. I have a whole bunch of them as evidence of my education.[B)]