npolanosky
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
- Location
- USA, FL
I'm looking for a good general purpose tool for drilling and opening up blind bores on a CNC lathe. Lots of low volume job shop work, primarily in aluminum and steels. Recently most of the bores have been .5" to 1.5" deep and .625 to 3" diameter. Obviously twist drills aren't ideal for this, and I don't usually do anything that justifies a big U-drill.
I saw some tools advertised a few different places that can drill, bore, face, and turn- Using one tool and insert for all of that sounds pretty great. Obviously it probably won't match the MRR of some of the single-purpose tools, but the versatility might earn it a space in my turret. The ones I am looking at (something like this) take a CCMT 3(2.5)X insert which are cheap as dirt and plentiful in my toolbox.
Anyone have any favorites in this style, or overwhelmingly positive or negative things to say about them?
I saw some tools advertised a few different places that can drill, bore, face, and turn- Using one tool and insert for all of that sounds pretty great. Obviously it probably won't match the MRR of some of the single-purpose tools, but the versatility might earn it a space in my turret. The ones I am looking at (something like this) take a CCMT 3(2.5)X insert which are cheap as dirt and plentiful in my toolbox.
Anyone have any favorites in this style, or overwhelmingly positive or negative things to say about them?