07-10-2013, 05:11 AM
(07-09-2013, 08:56 PM)f350ca Wrote: I grind a HSS cutter to suit the grove. Unless your doing production runs you'll never have the right insert for the one snap ring or o ring grove you need.
Hi Greg, I don't understand how only the correct size insert is available for just doing production work and no one else, but, there are many sizes available for the system starting as narrow as. 019" wide. By the time you get out your HSS blank and fire up the grinder, he would have his groove all done with that system.
Now, having said that, and considering time is a relative thing, only you can determine if the additional cost of the tool is worth the time saved. Once the investment is made however, the time savings will be greatly appreciated................ every single time!
Best Regards,
Russ