Best Fly Cutter Bit

No need to grind a fly cutter tool bit.

[@russmilton4491]

Clean, simple & the results speak for themselves. Many thanks !!!

[@paulmeynell8866]

Forget your ability to make videos! This was great . Very well explained and very easy to follow, I wish all videos were this good. Particularly liked the very last bit 10,10,10 I will be saving this video for reference.

[@jfox7396]

Very clear demonstration of angle grinding for fly cutter and lathes. I like the wood jumbo size examples to keep your head straight when standing at the belt sander. Thank you 🫡

[@74willy81]

Thank you for this very well presented, clear and concise video. Your grinding the tool bit using the wood and belt sander is a very good way to help illustrate exactly what and where the angles need to be. I've been grinding my own HSS tool bits longer than I care to remember. I'll be passing this video along to others that need the knowledge and a clear illustration. Thank you sir!

[@Histandard2011]

Thanks for the kind words. If you have time look at the other fly cutter video I hav on you tube. It uses a carbide round button insert. Best part of this the inserts are cheap, work well and NEVER need to be sharpened, just rotate to unused area of the round insert.

[@74willy81]

@@Histandard2011 I have already done so Adam, you have some good material in your video list, thank you.Yes HSS is nice and very versatile, carbide too has it's drawing cards. I have built several flycutters myself using both carbide and HSS tool bits but have not tried one with the round inserts. I'm sure they work great though. I have one facemill that uses the round carbide inserts and I love it. The round inserts, due to their chip thinning geometry, allow very fast feed rates while requiring minimal power input. Great for lower power mills. I'm always amazed at how smooth and fast it eats material. Been meaning to build a tool holder for them to do exactly what you did.

[@Histandard2011]

Thanks for the kind words. At 80 it gets tough to do things. Have a great day.

[@irench]

I purchased a grizzly 3 way second hand the other day and am slowly working up to tooling and other things I had to repair. The lead screw bearings etc. Poor thing didn't see a drop of oil in its previous assignment I'm sure. The cross slide gibb was coming out of the pocket as it moved across the bed. The gears missing I had to purchase all knew. BUT it's finally usable and I made a couple of parts the other day realizing I wanted to surface on the mill I said dang I need a fly or face mill as all I had bought was end mills. Your video has now given me the confidence to purchase a high speed fly cutter set just as you said you did and will be able to use it to great effect if I can just get the dam vise to secure well enough so it doesn't climb when the tooling comes into the material. I'm enjoying the learning curve and this machine fits better in my little garage than the old bridgeport TII i had in my shop back home. Plus this one has the lathe feature which I'm looking forward to using soon enough.

[@davidcouling7490]

Hi Adam, I really liked your video....very helpful, thanks for sharing....David

[@stevedionne1931]

you are not boring me at all just myself trying do the same thing and trying all king of grinding and i am imprest the way you did your bit (grinding) good job. Steve

[@Histandard2011]

If you really want an easy fly cutter bit to grind look at this video of mine and you will see it requires NO grinding at all. The tool holder and button carbide inserts are cheap from Bangood are cheap. I find they do a great job and if the edge gets dull you simply rotate the circular carbide insert a few degrees and you are back in business. kzbin.infoh5lbFXsQHJI/edit

[@davidharper4289]

Thank you. Just got one for the mill. I will sharpen it your way.......makes absolute sense. Cheers, Davo from Aus.

[@adrianw.1638]

thank you very much indeed, sir! I was about to give up on this bit. I tried it, and it works just perfect. Only that I just ground the one half of the bit round. The "upper" half I left alone.

[@tomeyssen9674]

Thank you!

[@zombieprinting2670]

Nice job, 1 question though. If your cutter is cutting on the front side of travel, It would make sense to note that you are out of tram on the bed as it looked as though you were also cutting on the rear side of travel as well? Just an observation. Very nice finish though

[@douglashank8480]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Great info, thanks for sharing.

[@bigalremington]

Nice job! ...and thank you.

[@davidbentley3408]

I only wish you had labled the wooden demonstration piece with "TOP" so I could follow your excellent instruction otherwise!

[@Histandard2011]

If you are going to use the bit in a fly cutter on a mill then go to the very last minute of the grinding of the wooden mock up and you will see me put a down arrow on the wooden mock up. This is downward most part of the cutter lip, so up is just the upper part.

[@bustednuckles2]

Thanks for this, I am going to try your radius cutter and see if I can make it work. I have been having a heck of a time grinding a cutter for my fly cutter because it's backwards from a lathe cutter.

[@Histandard2011]

I am sure you will like the results. I happed to have a couple fly cutter bases and only had to modify the new tool holder from Bangood. All of the correct angles automatically happen. Best of all, no grinding.