Carbide vs. Hardened Steel - Boring Bar Hack
426 views · Published 12 July 2018 · 3:21 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Gary Truesdale · 2018 · Howto & Style
We've all hacked a tool at some point... I needed a boring bar for my benchtop mill and the maximum collet diameter is 1/2 inch. Picked up this old boring bar on the internet and modified it to fit. It looked cool with my mill. I turned it between centers with carbide tooling. Some twists and turns along the way but for the most part carbide cuts hardened steel all day. Next we see what this boring bar can do.
