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[PixMan]

Today I received one of the THREE different heads I'd bought for the boring bar. This one, an HBN-120, would likely get the most use as it the most "universal" in that it has a -5º lead angle and the CNMG43x (CNMG1204xx) inserts for it are plentiful. I've also got the HBN-101 (2) damped head coming with a 0º lead angle for TNMG43x (TNMG2204xx) inserts which would be for heavy roughing, and a used HBN-145 that holds VNMG33x (VNMG1604xx) inserts at an angle which gives 27.5º on each side, good for finishing cuts and profiling.



I added up the costs of the boring bar and heads (including shipping) as follows:

Boring bar, DBB-125-CD, $50.00, list $600.00
CNMG head, HBN-120, $85.00, list $265.00
TNMG head, HBN-101, $43.25, list $450.00 (estimated)
VNMG head HBN-145, $10.00, list $337.00

So, I have a dilemma. With a total of $188.25 in it and a retail value of $1652, should I sell it for $1000 or sit on it? I've used my 1" steel S16T-MCLNR4 boring bar a couple of times, but have never used the 1-1/2" S24V-DCLNR4 that sits in my lathe tooling box. I just don't know if I'd ever use this 1-1/4" bar, but if I did need it I would never be able to justify buying a new setup like this and could never get such a deal. OTOH, if I had $1000 in hand, I could buy new hard jaws for my Walter dividing head's Rohm 3-Jaw chuck ($367) and have plenty of change left over for other things.

Thoughts?