Favourtie Finishing Tools

[David LittlewoodParticipant @davidlittlewood51847]

Neil,

I agree, I was thinking in terms of a few years… My current No 4 has been in use for over 20 years, but it is no longer any use on brass and is getting a bit tired now, but still works OK on MS

David

[Ian OwenParticipant @ianowen39031]

Does anybody use Ifanger turning tools?

I have several of them ranging in size from 0000 – 3 (internal boring & threading) and 1-3 (external turning and threading). I find I can get a mirror finish on stainless 316 without a problem, only thing is they are hard to find here and when you do they aren't cheap.

I would love to find a #2 holder like this one

Kiwi

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

Ian, the only source of ,'Ifanger tools' I know of in the European area is Brutsch Reugger in Switzerland.

My last dealings with them they wanted a minimum order of Sf 500. Their catalogue is something you will study avidly as it contains superlative tools and equipment.

Clive

[Ian OwenParticipant @ianowen39031]

Clive, that surprises me as Ifanger is European based so I would have thought it would be quite common.

I have the Aussie Diamond tool holder and while I find it a nice tool, I have often wondered if it was copied off Ifanger tooling.

I wonder if the #2 threading holder is still available and what the price of it is, the #3 holder in NZ is around $1k, if it was signficantly cheaper I'd look at buying one.

Ian

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Similar tooling has been around for over a hundred years, as far as I know, there is an example in vol., 1 of Model Engineer in 1898. Ian S C

[chris stephensParticipant @chrisstephens63393]

Hi Ian,

I too liked the look of that tool, well the insert part of it, so I made my own version.

But as I have a GHT retracting holder already, and forgive the blasphemy, I was not impressed with its benefits so I made it fit a clapper box (also known as a swing up) style threading holder.

Judging by the prices of genuine Ifanger I am glade I made my own.

Just as an aside, I made one of my tangential tools for a Swiss friend who uses Ifanger and apparently it gives a better finish than his home grown and expensive variety, but I have not seen for myself yet., so only hearsay.

chriStephens

PS it was making the insert for this tool that I found how easy it is to mill bog standard bits of HSS with carbide end mills.

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Posted by Ian S C on 14/10/2012 12:20:10:

Similar tooling has been around for over a hundred years, as far as I know, there is an example in vol., 1 of Model Engineer in 1898. Ian S C

Hi Ian,

You are quite correct, it seems that there is little new really. Here is a picture taken from a book written by C P B Shelley called 'Workshop Appliances' it has a rather long subtitle which the Victorians loved but I will not write it here. Rather looks like a Diamond Tangential holder to me, what do you think?

Sorry about the quality it was a small picture. This came from the 8th edition of the book which was published in 1888 and it seems that this styleof tool holder was an established and common design even then. It must have been around for many years in that form. The book by the way is fabulous and most of the content is quite relevant today.

By the way, the subtitle is 23 words long, most of those are long and impressive

Best regards

Terry

Edited By Terryd on 14/10/2012 17:38:05

[ted chambersParticipant @tedchambers83375]

Posted by Ian Owen on 13/10/2012 08:16:53:

Does anybody use Ifanger turning tools?

I have several of them ranging in size from 0000 – 3 (internal boring & threading) and 1-3 (external turning and threading). I find I can get a mirror finish on stainless 316 without a problem, only thing is they are hard to find here and when you do they aren't cheap.

I would love to find a #2 holder like this one

Kiwi

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