I wonder if the carbide chips were cemented into the tips of the
manufacturer's regular hcs turning tools instead of soft steel shafts?
If so could the tips be ground or cut off leaving enough flute or flat
to be reground into a more useful hcs tool? Likely, someone here knows
or will do a spark test. I assume that a usable burr can't be burnished
on a brittle carbide tipped scraper?

Welcome Hal, Please join in. You can see from my questions above that
'newbie' is a relative term. My first Sears lathe was a new '37
Companion and I'm still confused.


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