HSS Turning Tools

[Jerry WrayParticipant @jerrywray14030]

I have followed the various links, In general I find not following can cause me confusion into the future. I have looked at the Arc set, it seemed to arrive on their site whilst I was composing my original post.

I don't know why the impression that I was a beginner came from, as the thread seems to have become about the needs of such a person.

Where I worked until recently the culture was such that a test of newbies to the company included the ability to off-hand grind tools, including Morse drills. No skill, no job. Most of the 'old-man's' staff had been with him 25 years or more.

The thing that is new to me is the much smaller sizes than I have been used to, mainly working on special aluminium alloys in 'suck-squeeze-bang-blow' machinery so scaling down is my main concern. Hence my questions.

Jerry

[Ketan SwaliParticipant @ketanswali79440]

Well Jerry,

The issue of chip breaker grove and relationship to beginners came up, so the thread went off in that direction I guess. But then again, we are all virgins = beginners to a certain extent until we use something for the first time . So I am sure that beginners will find this thread useful now or in the future. Also, changing from big machines to small/baby machines is a total different experience, even though you understand the principals. We have sold plenty of replacement gears to customers who use big machines during their day job, and then come to introduce the same feeds and speed on a small hobby machine in the evening, only to end up breaking tools and/or sacrificial gears. We reaaaaaly love these type of customers. Some of them are reading this thread.

Geoff, who is our time served engineer still learns something new every day (just as I do). The 'old man' at your old place must have known a thing or two. I will pass on his tip to Geoff just so that the next person who applies for any engineers job at ARC does not pull wool over his eyes by saying that they were a qualified bla bla engineer at 'some famous U.K. engineering place', only for us to let go of said person after a week or two because they fail to deliver!

Ketan.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Ketan I've just thought of a nice little money spinner for you. Give JS a pile of HSS blanks and get him to grind them into simple R/H tools. You can sell them for £2.00 more than a basic blank, Give JS a pound and a pound for yourself and everybody wins.

 

You could even do as the wood working boys do with their turning chisels and start a John Stevo signature series and charge even more

 

J

Edited By JasonB on 14/09/2013 12:56:59

[MICHAEL WILLIAMSParticipant @michaelwilliams41215]

In the past I have made lots of lathe tooling by either brazing short lengths of HSS to plain steel shanks or by fitting short lengths into DIY clamp toolholders .

Not only uses up short bits of HSS but allows tooling to be made in all manner of odd shapes for special purposes . Average cost pence .

Not so long ago clamp toolholders with relatively short toolbits were extensively used in industry and were commercially available from numerous makers .

MikeW

[Ketan SwaliParticipant @ketanswali79440]

Good idea Jason, but I dont think JS works for a pound a piece anymore!. He still owes me two pounds

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Here you go Jerry a rough and ready shelf. Two bits of contiboard to make the basic "L" shape, tuck it up behind the top lip and retain with a couple of screws.

[Jerry WrayParticipant @jerrywray14030]

Thank sfor the shelf picture JasonB. Good idea. I've always been short of space near to the point of use.

Jerry

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by Ketan Swali on 14/09/2013 13:15:46:

Good idea Jason, but I dont think JS works for a pound a piece anymore!. He still owes me two pounds

I'm gobsmacked, what can I say in the defence of the two quid he owes ME ?

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