09-22-2014, 07:34 PM
(09-22-2014, 06:55 PM)EdK Wrote: 1.25" diameter. Yikes!
Ed
Ed, my CA/400 size tool holder blocks for my QCTP can take up to 1-1/2" bars and I have one. It's a Valenite A32W-DCLNR4 for CNMG43x inserts. I also have a 1-1/4" internal grooving bar that takes inserts from .118" (3mm) up to .163" (4.14mm) wide. Though the minimum bore it can get into is 1.97", the Valenite VG117 R 20 30 bar can groove up to .236" (6mm ) deep. Yeah, big stuff compared to many home shops but its a 16x40 lathe and the tooling was CHEAP. No matter what tooling I have, you know the chapter of Murphy's Law, the job that just fell in the door needs that one tool I don't have.