Turning C10100 copper

[litlerob1]

Thank you all for responding.

I've got 3 more inserts coming today. Two from Iscar and one from Tungaloy.

I'll let everyone know how it goes.

I'm not saying don't. But I have Turned Miles of Copper, in my experience you're going to need to force an interrupted cut somehow. Drilled holes or Saw for Manual Machine tools. If you have CNC there are a whole list of things you can do. I have never seen an Insert geometry that would do it. If I turn out to be wrong, please post back with Nomenclature, and Builder of the insert.

R

 

[Hazzert]

The the issue is how to deal with a stringy tenacious chipball. You can still double your output per hour using Shear Geometry.
Shear Geometry(R) Cutting Tools
Give them a call, tell them what you are doing and get their Feeds and Speeds suggestion, then after a week come back and thank me.

They have a note on the page you linked to peck turn copper so even they aren't promising the world.

 

[cj133]

I'm not saying don't. But I have Turned Miles of Copper, in my experience you're going to need to force an interrupted cut somehow. Drilled holes or Saw for Manual Machine tools. If you have CNC there are a whole list of things you can do. I have never seen an Insert geometry that would do it. If I turn out to be wrong, please post back with Nomenclature, and Builder of the insert.

R

This is something we've worried about as well because we're considering getting a CNC lathe for this kind of work.


Inserts still aren't here, so I'll be back later tonight hopefully.

 

[litlerob1]

Why worry? With a CNC and live Tools, Turning Copper is fast and easy.