WJ Birmingham
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2016
- Location
- Swansea, IL USA
So, with others having helped me shape HSS tooling in the past, I've single pointed threads in various TPI.
I'd like to move to a bar with a carbide insert.
In looking at this page: http://www.carbidedepot.com/images/imagestf/tf-laydown-inserts-agn.jpg
It appears that a 16ER/NR - 3/8" IC will allow me to do thread pitches between 8 and 48? Specifically looking at the 16ER AG-60CB insert.
Am I reading that right? How can one insert do such a wide range of threads?
I got into a debate with an old school friend who does machining, and he insists there's no way due to the radius that is required on the minor diameter of the thread. I'm telling him that if I'm reading it correctly, they wouldn't make a tool that doesn't work as advertised.
I'd like to move to a bar with a carbide insert.
In looking at this page: http://www.carbidedepot.com/images/imagestf/tf-laydown-inserts-agn.jpg
It appears that a 16ER/NR - 3/8" IC will allow me to do thread pitches between 8 and 48? Specifically looking at the 16ER AG-60CB insert.
Am I reading that right? How can one insert do such a wide range of threads?
I got into a debate with an old school friend who does machining, and he insists there's no way due to the radius that is required on the minor diameter of the thread. I'm telling him that if I'm reading it correctly, they wouldn't make a tool that doesn't work as advertised.