05-27-2015, 06:13 AM
I searched Hertel milling inserts on MSC's website, came up with 241 results and not a single one looked like those tangential mount inserts. It hard to find proprietary milling inserts without the cutter being listed, and I have a feeling the cutter is long discontinued. That's not to say the inserts aren't available, just that sales volume in now so low that they're not listed any longer.
There's a lot of confusion on my part about Hertel. They are or were a German company which was bought years ago by Kennametal here in the US. The better products they had were converted to be Kennametal brand, so I searched Kennametal too. Nothing.
Hertel now seems to be an "MSC Exclusive" brand, which like the Accupro and others means MSC now owns the brand. Contact MSC via phone and see if they can dig deep. It may work, but chances are better that they will just try to get you to buy a newer product.
You (and anyone else) can always ping me about eBay finds before you buy. I wouldn't grab your possible deal, but can usually tell you before money is spent if the tool is viable.
There's a lot of confusion on my part about Hertel. They are or were a German company which was bought years ago by Kennametal here in the US. The better products they had were converted to be Kennametal brand, so I searched Kennametal too. Nothing.
Hertel now seems to be an "MSC Exclusive" brand, which like the Accupro and others means MSC now owns the brand. Contact MSC via phone and see if they can dig deep. It may work, but chances are better that they will just try to get you to buy a newer product.
You (and anyone else) can always ping me about eBay finds before you buy. I wouldn't grab your possible deal, but can usually tell you before money is spent if the tool is viable.