02-16-2014, 01:12 PM
I have never used the Nicole system for anything other than grooving. Let us know how it works Ed.
For cutting off, (which can often times be problematic in a manual lathe) I only use a tool specifically for cutting off, and that is preferably an inserted blade style tool and holder.
Yes, you can grind all the HSS blanks you want and it will save you money......nothing more. Some people like driving from New England to Florida......I prefer to take a jet!
Take that HSS blank, grind a form, make one little mistake in the lathe with the speed or feed, and you're back at the grinding wheel again fixing it up or making another.
With an insert, chances are speed will not damage it at all, and even if it does, you simply remove the screw, index it, and you're back at it again in 30 seconds......hopefully having learned from your previous mistake!
Yes the costs are higher, but time has a value as well and I would rather spent it making chips rather than making tooling.
For "ME", that is what I enjoy. For someone else, the project begins with making tools by hand.
Who am I to judge what pleasure another derives from their method of doing things.
Best Regards,
Russ
For cutting off, (which can often times be problematic in a manual lathe) I only use a tool specifically for cutting off, and that is preferably an inserted blade style tool and holder.
Yes, you can grind all the HSS blanks you want and it will save you money......nothing more. Some people like driving from New England to Florida......I prefer to take a jet!
Take that HSS blank, grind a form, make one little mistake in the lathe with the speed or feed, and you're back at the grinding wheel again fixing it up or making another.
With an insert, chances are speed will not damage it at all, and even if it does, you simply remove the screw, index it, and you're back at it again in 30 seconds......hopefully having learned from your previous mistake!
Yes the costs are higher, but time has a value as well and I would rather spent it making chips rather than making tooling.
For "ME", that is what I enjoy. For someone else, the project begins with making tools by hand.
Who am I to judge what pleasure another derives from their method of doing things.
Best Regards,
Russ
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