Tungsten Carbide Tipped Lathe Tools

[Tony Pratt 1Participant @tonypratt1]

Posted by Tim Stevens on 22/05/2023 17:10:36:

SoD states: … failed edges are quickly fixed by simply reindexing the insert. No skill is involved.

Not necessarily. It is much too easy to drop the tiny screw, and it falls, inevitably, into the swarf it has just generated. And the tiny screws look exactly like the scrolls of metal in the swarf. Exactly …

Cheers, Tim

Having done that once I now change my tips over a tobacco tin lid or similar.

Tony

[Bdog507Participant @bdog507]

Posted by Tony Pratt 1 on 22/05/2023 18:31:31:

Posted by Tim Stevens on 22/05/2023 17:10:36:

SoD states: … failed edges are quickly fixed by simply reindexing the insert. No skill is involved.

Not necessarily. It is much too easy to drop the tiny screw, and it falls, inevitably, into the swarf it has just generated. And the tiny screws look exactly like the scrolls of metal in the swarf. Exactly …

Cheers, Tim

Having done that once I now change my tips over a tobacco tin lid or similar.

Tony

Been there, done that! It's why most of us keep spare screws! 😄

Luckily for me most of my turning with larger inserts which are indexed after loosening a screw, & not removing it completely.

Cheers.

Stew.

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