Bang good, Ebay, etc loads of choice
...I can get a couple of these?
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I'm after one with a flat end instead of rounded. We only use the lathe to put a couple of spring holding grooves into some 12mm bar occasionally so just want a couple of cheapies.
Cheers folks.
Have drawers full of old hss tooling.Why dont you make a couple
Can't tell from the images in the op.
Are they brazed tct
Yeah, brazed bits.
A firm was charging ours £2 each groove so they bought a small lathe with a load of spare odds n sods with it. First hundred spring hangers we did it paid for itself.
Would they cut a groove into a bar?
Runni is, we only do about 100 cuts every couple of months. We have had the lathe 8 years, it came with 2 of these tools and the second one has just died.I've a full set of original Myford brazed tip tooling that came with my lathe. Unfortunately I'm not selling it as it's part of the lathes history & it will be passed to the next owner.
Not that they're much use as I've found them useless. I spend ages sharpening one to a perfect edge, do one cut & it's knackered the edge and left a poor finish. Instead I used standard hss tooling & it was much better but the carbide tipped tooling I got from Banggood has been a revelation. No messing around sharpening, fit a new tip & away you go with a great finish every time!
For industrial use I wouldn't even consider HSS tooling, carbide tips every time! A new tip costs very little compared to paying a man to sharpen a hss tool plus you can take a heavier cut with carbide tips so production is increased.
Shop around on ebay & you'll get a suitable tool on there. If you're in a hurry you can buy from a UK supplier like Chronos but you'll pay a premium. If you can wait a week or 2 you can get the same tooling from banggood for a lot less.
The supplied tips from banggood are quite good but there's a guy on ebay selling branded clearance stock like sandvik for very reasonable rates.
OP - tools are carbide tipped:
https://www.rennietool.co.uk/collections/brazed-carbide-tipped-turning-tools