Newbie and turning metal

[God mode restorations]

New tool post, I missed that, which one?

Sorry. Got confused. Picture is tool post. It's only a fraction bigger but will work with a little fetling.

 

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Sorry. Got confused. Picture is tool post. It's only a fraction bigger but will work with a little fetling. View attachment 122820

My plan is to drill the centre hole out to 13mm. This will match my new post stud. The stud will have a 5mm thick washer machined in to it. One end will screw in to the top slide and the washer will be drilled and pinned . This will stop the stud from turning when undoing the the top nut. If that makes sense

 

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As regards to glanze lathe tooling. Are these good at different rates of speed.

 

[Hood]

As regards to glanze lathe tooling. Are these good at different rates of speed.

Not really sure what you mean but the Glanze tools are decent. Not quite as good as the big names like Sandvik, Kennametal, Seco, Iscar etc but much better than the cheap stuff that others sell.

 

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Not really sure what you mean but the Glanze tools are decent. Not quite as good as the big names like Sandvik, Kennametal, Seco, Iscar etc but much better than the cheap stuff that others sell.

I mean I did some experimenting and found that some tools didn't perform to well at a low turning speed and some were ok.

 

[Hood]

I mean I did some experimenting and found that some tools didn't perform to well at a low turning speed and some were ok.

The inserts will determine what you can get away with speed wise. If you have a reasonably sharp geometry with a small nose rad then it will handle most speeds from slow to fast. The only thing is that inserts with these features tend to be weaker so pushing them hard would likely cause chipping. That however is not going to be an issue on a small lathe.

I would however suggest you get better inserts, the Glanze supplied ones work reasonably well but they are not in the same league as big name ones.

 

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The inserts will determine what you can get away with speed wise. If you have a reasonably sharp geometry with a small nose rad then it will handle most speeds from slow to fast. The only thing is that inserts with these features tend to be weaker so pushing them hard would likely cause chipping. That however is not going to be an issue on a small lathe.

I would however suggest you get better inserts, the Glanze supplied ones work reasonably well but they are not in the same league as big name ones.

OK . What inserts would be a better choice.

 

[Hood]

OK . What inserts would be a better choice.

It kind of depends on what material you will be predominantly cutting as you get grades for specific materials but they will usually also work fine for others, just not so good.

Korloy are decent and fairly reasonably priced especially if you wait for the special offers Cutwel has a few times a year.

@Richard. got some from Cutwel, not sure which he ended up with but I think he liked them.

 

[God mode restorations]

It kind of depends on what material you will be predominantly cutting as you get grades for specific materials but they will usually also work fine for others, just not so good.

Korloy are decent and fairly reasonably priced especially if you wait for the special offers Cutwel has a few times a year.

@Richard. got some from Cutwel, not sure which he ended up with but I think he liked them.

OK awesome. Thanks for your help.

 

[Richard.]

liked them.

Understatement there. He loved them!!!
I bought a variety of inserts from cutwell. Tips specific to cutting aluminium, some specific to harder materials like alloyed steels and stainless and I treated my self to some sharp high rakes for finishing up hard materials and they are just immense. Over £6 a piece but when you see your ugly mug reflecting back at you in the job it was worth every penny. I did 100 notes in no time but I can totally see where my money went. Way better than what I was using before. I’m sold on cutwell inserts.

 

[Hood]

I used to get a lot of my inserts from eBay, Sandvik Kenna. Mitsubishi etc but nowadays they are often more expensive on eBay than buying from tool suppliers.

 

[brightspark]

I used to get a lot of my inserts from eBay, Sandvik Kenna. Mitsubishi etc but nowadays they are often more expensive on eBay than buying from tool suppliers.

people think if its on e bay its cheap do there homework and it isn't always the case

 

[Hood]

people think if its on e bay its cheap do there homework and it isn't always the case

I was needing some IP67 plugs/sockets for wiring on a sounder on a boat, looked on eBay and found the perfect ones. There were quite a few different sellers with them but all were within a £ or two. Before I pressed the button I did a google for the part numbers. I got a hit from RS Components and thought I would check to see how much RS would be ripping me off, just about dropped down, RS were less than half the price people were selling them for on eBay and RS are not what I would consider the place to look for rock bottom prices.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I was needing some IP67 plugs/sockets for wiring on a sounder on a boat, looked on eBay and found the perfect ones. There were quite a few different sellers with them but all were within a £ or two. Before I pressed the button I did a google for the part numbers. I got a hit from RS Components and thought I would check to see how much RS would be ripping me off, just about dropped down, RS were less than half the price people were selling them for on eBay and RS are not what I would consider the place to look for rock bottom prices.

Aye. But sometimes the more expensive eBay item works out cheaper with free post over ridiculously priced couriers. Always pays to shop around no matter where you usually buy.

 

[Hood]

Aye. But sometimes the more expensive eBay item works out cheaper with free post over ridiculously priced couriers. Always pays to shop around no matter where you usually buy.

That is one great thing about RS, next day delivery and free, but yes some places are a bit steep for the couriers.

 

[WorkshopChris]

That is one great thing about RS, next day delivery and free, but yes some places are a bit steep for the couriers.

When i was using rs as a main supplier the service was very good on more than one occasion if an item was missed off a big delivery or needed for a breakdown they have sent a bike courier down from Corby direct.
The biggest problem nowadays is trying to find what I want on the website, I come away wanting to scream.
I would happily pay for a set of printed books if they were to start printing them again.

 

[Hood]

When i was using rs as a main supplier the service was very good on more than one occasion if an item was missed off a big delivery or needed for a breakdown they have sent a bike courier down from Corby direct.
The biggest problem nowadays is trying to find what I want on the website, I come away wanting to scream.
I would happily pay for a set of printed books if they were to start printing them again.

Yes I agree with that but what I have found is Google is actually quite a good search engine for RS if you know roughly what you are looking for. Was trying to find a miniature E-Stop switch for my pendant on the plasma, had one previously and knew it was by Omron. I searched and searched on RS and couldn't find it, punched it into Google and up it popped from RS

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Yes I agree with that but what I have found is Google is actually quite a good search engine for RS if you know roughly what you are looking for. Was trying to find a miniature E-Stop switch for my pendant on the plasma, had one previously and knew it was by Omron. I searched and searched on RS and couldn't find it, punched it into Google and up it popped from RS

You can search there site with Google. Use this all the time. Screwfix search engine is terrible. This makes it usable.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=u...ndroid-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

 

[WorkshopChris]

You can search there site with Google. Use this all the time. Screwfix search engine is terrible. This makes it usable.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=u...ndroid-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

That works well, but its the way the site is laid out, have been looking for vfd's recently search works well once you tick the 12 odd voltage ranges that in the real world ar all the same (around 230v), but then trying to find and match up all the related parts like remote displays and braking modules are a new search. No way to pick related compatible parts.

 

[Richard.]

people think if its on e bay its cheap do there homework and it isn't always the case

It’s dead right.
eBay is not the cheapest and more often than people actually know because sellers pay fees on it which is recouped in the price.
Free postage makes me laugh because it’s not free, it never is it’s just slapped on the item price to make you think it’s free. It’s the same when people put the item up really cheap and slap the rest on the post to make you think it’s a great deal.
eBay is convenient. That’s what it is and if your hunting for used stuff you can have a bargain but it’s dangerous too if you get carried away in a bidding war and you can easily pay waaaaaay over the odds for something you badly want to win.
I have bought lots of pre owned stuff on eBay but I’d rather google peoples website for new stuff as it’s nearly always cheaper and your better protected generally.