Cole2534
Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2010
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK
I need to do some ID grooves on the lathe. .125" wide, 1.22" diameter, .25" in the hole, 1" entry. Material is 1026 DOM tubing, machine is a QT15n. Initial QTY is 20, so I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive but so far I've landed in the $500 range for a bar and inserts (10pk). That's not an absolute deal killer, but damn does it really cut into my economics. This leads me to 2 questions-
1) Is there a ubiquitous bar/insert combo that I could find 2nd hand?
1a) Anyone got something laying around they no longer need?
2) If I'm going to spend the money, who offers the most flexible bar in that range? If there was a bar that could take inserts for threading, profiling and grooving that would really be the cat's ass.
2A) Who has the easiest catalog to navigate for this stuff? Kenna, Iscar, Sandvik....pretty useless catalogs IMO.
If I can't find a solution that I like I'll do it in the mill with a keyseat cutter. The perfect tool is $34 and these parts go the mill for additional work on the end anyhow, I just greatly prefer all my round features done at once for obvious reasons.
Thanks PM!
1) Is there a ubiquitous bar/insert combo that I could find 2nd hand?
1a) Anyone got something laying around they no longer need?
2) If I'm going to spend the money, who offers the most flexible bar in that range? If there was a bar that could take inserts for threading, profiling and grooving that would really be the cat's ass.
2A) Who has the easiest catalog to navigate for this stuff? Kenna, Iscar, Sandvik....pretty useless catalogs IMO.
If I can't find a solution that I like I'll do it in the mill with a keyseat cutter. The perfect tool is $34 and these parts go the mill for additional work on the end anyhow, I just greatly prefer all my round features done at once for obvious reasons.
Thanks PM!
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