I'm looking at tooling for my Van Norman #12 mill, and after reading through all the good info in this thread afew times am thinking that one of these insert cutters would be a useful addition.
I see that some of the original part numbers seem to show up as "discontinued" now, so wanted to check if there's a more current recommendation.
I'll be mainly working with carbon steel, with the occasional aluminium and cast iron project.
I understand the value in high quality tools, but for a hobby user is getting a cheaper tool/holder and running quality inserts a valid option? I'm thinking that as long as the cutting performance was OK, a hobby user is probably unlikely to use it enough to wear out the holder itself?
I've no idea whether that's true though, as I have nil experience in this area!
Steve
I see that some of the original part numbers seem to show up as "discontinued" now, so wanted to check if there's a more current recommendation.
I'll be mainly working with carbon steel, with the occasional aluminium and cast iron project.
I understand the value in high quality tools, but for a hobby user is getting a cheaper tool/holder and running quality inserts a valid option? I'm thinking that as long as the cutting performance was OK, a hobby user is probably unlikely to use it enough to wear out the holder itself?
I've no idea whether that's true though, as I have nil experience in this area!
Steve