nasty cheap tools

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

**LINK**

 

i asked on here about these tools, be warned!!

 

Edited By jim’ on 29/06/2013 12:08:35

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

[Anonymous]

And what's even more amazing people are bidding on them.

There are only two rules for buying cutting tools:

1) Never buy cheap cutting tools

2) See rule 1

Regards,

Andrew

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Jim,

 

What a superb advert !!

 

Many thanks for posting the link.

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MichaelG.

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Edit: it appears that the manufacturer also does machines 

Edit: here is the link to the turning tools

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 29/06/2013 12:36:33

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 29/06/2013 12:40:43

[jim’Participant @jim11037]

i really should know better! i do this for a job!!

 

if i'm being honest, i'd probably have bid on these (no fool like an old one!)

Its a mistake i'll happily make again though!!

Edited By jim’ on 29/06/2013 12:42:39

[Bob LambParticipant @boblamb44747]

I still don't think they are quite as bad as the ad for a short length of 6" copper tube for well over a million quid in the for sale ads on this site! I wonder if the price includes VAT?

Bob

[Jens Eirik Skogstad 1Participant @jenseirikskogstad1]

"I DOUBT THAT THEY WOULD CUT BALSA WOOD"

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Interesting feedback though on past sales and also current sales.

Wonder if he can even use a lathe ?

Who buys two quick change toolposts and at leat 3 sets of carbide tools then sells them ?

Nice reference book for a tenner, Cromwell sell them for £3.00

[JC Uknz 1Participant @jcuknz1]

Thanks for the warning … I think I bought a box of them at full retail price and have had great difficulty making them work .. last attempt was trying to clean up a 'muck-metal' wheel into which the tool dug

[John CoatesParticipant @johncoates48577]

Ha ha these were some of the first tools I bought !! As i was a newbie didn't cotton on that my difficulties were to do with their quality linked to my hamfistedness

Soon realised what I had bought after trying to find replacement tips on the web, ebay and finally the Harrogate show without success. I had obviously bought a one off batch of unique size

The tips break so easily. The parting tool was the most useless but I found that Warco sold replacement tips that fitted but they didn't last long either. 

I still use them for roughing and the boring bars for facing (have them set up in a QCTP holder).

Caveat emptor, especially newbies

Edited By John Coates on 03/07/2013 07:11:52

[Martin Walsh 1Participant @martinwalsh1]

I could never understand why people use indexable lathe tools. IMHO you get a far better finish grinding your own using HSS blanks practice makes perfect as they say. I suppose I can see why they are used in Industry time is money but not for the home workshop

[Anonymous]

Martin,

I'm interested in the sort of finishes you get with HSS tooling; what sort of Ra numbers would you expect to get on, say, EN1A and 303 stainless?

Regards,

Andrew

[Martin Walsh 1Participant @martinwalsh1]

with a finely honed tool and the machine in good working order I would say between 0.8 – 1.6um Best Wishes Martin

[Anonymous]

Martin: Thanks for the numbers; looks like I've got a bit more experimentation to do. I get measured results from about 1µm to 2.4µm Ra, depending upon material. I wonder if I'm feeding too fast? I normally use 4 thou/rev for finish passes, what would you recommend?

Regards,

Andrew

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