The whole polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) tools were prepared by high temperature and high pressure sintering with size 5 μm CBN and binder Al powders on the domestic cubic press.The optimum sintering parameters were obtained by testing and analyzing the wear ratio and microhardness of samples. The sintering pressure was 5.4 GPa, the sintering temperature was 1500℃ and the sintering time was 240 s with hardness of 3897HV5 (loading time 15 s). The microhardness of the sample are HV3897, and the wear ratio was 8750. SEM, TEM observation and XRD analysis show that increasing of sintering pressure can make CBN particles produce a certain plastic flow, and inhibit the surface of CBN particles to reverse into hBN during sintering process. The binder Al can react with the surface of CBN particles to form the intermediate products AlN and AlB
2, which can form a solid ceramic bond between CBN grains and eliminate the residual hBN during sintering, thus improving the performance of the integral PCBN tool.