With all of the CNC routers now available, there has been (thankfully) quite a bit of new tooling appearing for cutting wood on a CNC mill. However, there does not seem to much if anything available for cutting wood on a CNC lathe.
In particular, I am looking for tooling that will enable me to cut sharply defined profiles (like on a stair ballister). Also, tooling that will produce a nice surface finish on wood. Most of the tooling that I have experimented with leaves the wood fuzzy at best. And nothing that I have found will duplicate the sharp profiles commonly found on architectural woodworking....
Any ideas where to look?
Gerry Kmack
Pagosa Springs CO
Yeah you could be right about that - my lathe maxes out @ 2500 rpms. That said, my mill maxes out @ 5100 rpms, and I have been able to get get beautiful results cutting wood.
ToolsToday sells quite a bit of tooling made specifically for cnc routers, that I have used with great results on my mill. Unfortunately they don't carry anything for cnc wood lathes.
There are videos online that show custom-made machines producing beautiful work in wood, but I have no information about the tooling that they are using.
rarely I turning porchspindles, and making replacements for stair spindles..
the vgct insert what you need.. they have one type, without chipbreaker ""dots"" and ground, sides use to be 3-5 deg undercut..
need straight, and left-right toolholder..