04-03-2013, 03:33 AM
OK - back home and had a chance to unwrap everything and have a good look. I must say that the quality has been higher than I had expected given some of the reviews I've seen.
The boring head seems to be very well made and the movement is nice and smooth. The boring bars are the ubiquitous brazed carbide tip ones and I wasn't expecting great quality. I didn't unwrap these until now as they were nicely shrink wrapped and not going to smack into each other or run free in my suitcase. Whilst the carbide will need a sharpening with a diamond file they actually look to be quite good. The only negative is the poor fitting wooden base! They will get a new one.
Collets look good and there are no burrs or other flaws that I can see. I did notice that the slits on the 1-2mm collet are cut a little different (thickness of the slit) but I'm unsure if this will make any difference. I'll actually struggle to find anything that small to put in it to check for run out!
I know how much you love pictures:
Boring head and bars
Collets - the set covers 1-2mm through to 19-20mm in 1mm increments. Here are the 1-2mm and the 19-20mm side by side
The gauge blocks are individually wrapped in grease paper
The boring head seems to be very well made and the movement is nice and smooth. The boring bars are the ubiquitous brazed carbide tip ones and I wasn't expecting great quality. I didn't unwrap these until now as they were nicely shrink wrapped and not going to smack into each other or run free in my suitcase. Whilst the carbide will need a sharpening with a diamond file they actually look to be quite good. The only negative is the poor fitting wooden base! They will get a new one.
Collets look good and there are no burrs or other flaws that I can see. I did notice that the slits on the 1-2mm collet are cut a little different (thickness of the slit) but I'm unsure if this will make any difference. I'll actually struggle to find anything that small to put in it to check for run out!
I know how much you love pictures:
Boring head and bars
Collets - the set covers 1-2mm through to 19-20mm in 1mm increments. Here are the 1-2mm and the 19-20mm side by side
The gauge blocks are individually wrapped in grease paper
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