I was picking up a couple cans of spray lacquer in WallyWorld and I hear the guy next to me say "Oh yeah, I need some of that too." So I hand him a can and he proceeds to tell me he used to turn bows but now he just uses it for small projects. Anyhooo, after a bit of conversation about lathe turning he says "I have a couple old lathe tools in my trunk if you want 'em."
Being smart enough to NEVER say "No" to FREE TOOLS … I meet him outside and he hands me these three turning tools by AMT. He says they were given to him about 10 years ago and he never used them.
There isn't too much to find on the ol' Interwebs except that AMT is no more. Looks like the cutting edge was added to the shaft, and I'm not sure what that cutting edge is. I tried to put some kind of edge on them using 300 grit wet/dry paper on my sanding disc, but all the 300 grit does is polish the already dull as heck edges. Even my grinder doesn't seem to phase them.
Anybody know what I've got? And how in the heck can they be sharpened? Here's a few pictures…
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Being smart enough to NEVER say "No" to FREE TOOLS … I meet him outside and he hands me these three turning tools by AMT. He says they were given to him about 10 years ago and he never used them.
There isn't too much to find on the ol' Interwebs except that AMT is no more. Looks like the cutting edge was added to the shaft, and I'm not sure what that cutting edge is. I tried to put some kind of edge on them using 300 grit wet/dry paper on my sanding disc, but all the 300 grit does is polish the already dull as heck edges. Even my grinder doesn't seem to phase them.
Anybody know what I've got? And how in the heck can they be sharpened? Here's a few pictures…
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