(03-31-2012, 12:58 PM)EdAK Wrote: Ken,
Can the same tool hold both types of inserts, both cresting and partial? I have a Kennametal threading tool and some of the partial profile inserts and was wondering if I can use the cresting inserts with that tool.
Thanks,
Ed
Ed - Most certainly, YES. My advice with this is to first buy the partial profile, then next get the specific pitch or pitches that you use most often.
Also download the Vardex "TTGen" software from the Vardex threading tool website. The anvils under the threading insert may need to be changed to match the lead angle of the threads you wish to make. The coarser the thread and smaller the diameter of it, the more likely you are going to need to change the anvil underneath the insert, as this is the part of the tool that matches lead angle.
Note: Vardex uses a different set of numbers than the rest of the laydown threading world, as does Sandvik Coromant. However, unlike Sandvik Coromant, the Vardex and others are completely interchangeable.
A Vardex "3ER" is everyone else's 16ER. Likewise a Vardex 2ER is 11ER in other lines, and a 4ER Vardex is a 22ER to everyone else. The Coromant are a different thickness to others.
http://www.vargus.com/vardex/template/de...&pageId=74
Your LSASR 103 holder takes any 16ER / 3ER inserts.