Recent content by MrWhoopee

I recently bought a 6mm R8 collet just for this purpose.

While we're on the subject of carbide, I've been buying these 8mm endmills (which fit in a 5/16 collet) by the handful. Sometimes you just need an endmill, size is not important. In multiples of 3 they are less than $4 each. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832710801758.html

I do sharpen my own drills, I had to learn how in school. Harry would take a 3/8 drill, knock the corners off, hand it to you and start his stopwatch. You had 2 minutes. Every time I place an order with McMaster I include a few stub length drills in the most common tap drill sizes. I'm getting...

For those considering purchasing some inserted tooling, a set like these is definitely a good start. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805344533110.html https://www.ebay.ca/itm/165722504046 I have purchase a LOT of this type of tooling, both off eBay and Aliexpress. They have all been good...

You're obviously looking at the name brand inserts. I have purchased 2 or 3 dozen packs of inserts off Aliexpress, never paid more than $1.25 (U.S.) per insert. The threading inserts I'm currently using are $.58 each. Just ordered 2 more packs...

And to think I was worried about derailing this thread.

The legacy of British bureaucracy lives on. In a previous life, Fred sent me to a machinery auction in Malaysia to buy a surface grinder. The auction was a bust, but I managed to spend several days collecting ferns in the jungle. Getting them out of the country was a nightmare, being shuffled...

My experience has been that the raw material costs about as much as the finished toolholders (Chinese of course). Here are the last ones I purchased. Nothing wrong with them that I could tell. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155353196554

I was also going to suggest 600 rpm, basically the speed you would run HSS in mild steel. I also prefer inserted cutters when size permits. Inserts are cheaper than carbide endmills. I don't like the APKT/APMT inserts as much as the SEKT/SEHT, but they do the job.

Ah, the taper attachment! The least used "must have", no lathe is complete without one. I've used mine for threading pipe, once.

Sounds like a classic case of reproducing a part without understanding its function. Much like the import 1-2-3 blocks with tapped holes that you still can't bolt together.

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/805443864838413/

The fraudster has disappeared, profile is gone as are his ads. Will likely resurface with another ID.

Not yet, fingers crossed.

Only 10 miles from home, and in the best neighborhood in town. From this distance, it looks practically unused. I don't need it, but can't pass it up either. Anyone familiar with these old Jets?