Fluted woodturning tools with handles
AssigneeStuart Batty Enterprises, LLC
InventorStuart Batty
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Abstract
A woodturning tool according to embodiments of the present invention includes a shaft with a shaft tip, wherein the shaft tip is made of a first metal, and a cutting edge insert, at least a portion of an outer surface of the cutting edge insert rigidly joined to an inner surface of the shaft tip, the cutting edge insert formed of a second metal, the cutting edge insert being fluted and sharpened to form a cutting edge for woodturning, wherein the second metal is different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is more wear-resistant than the first metal.
Claims20
A woodturning tool, the woodturning tool comprising:
- a shaft comprising a shaft tip, wherein the shaft tip is made of a first metal;
- and
- a cutting edge insert, at least a portion of an outer surface of the cutting edge insert rigidly joined to an inner surface of the shaft tip, the cutting edge insert formed of a second metal, the cutting edge insert being fluted and sharpened to form a cutting edge for woodturning,
- wherein the second metal is different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is more wear-resistant than the first metal.
A method for manufacturing a woodturning tool, comprising:
- forming a shaft;
- forming a shaft tip of a first metal;
- inserting a cutting edge insert into the shaft tip;
- rigidly joining an outer surface of the cutting edge insert to an inner surface of the shaft tip, wherein the cutting edge insert is formed of a second metal, the cutting edge insert being fluted;
- and
- machining the cutting edge insert to form a cutting edge for woodturning, wherein the second metal is different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is more wear-resistant than the first metal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.