Idea Source of the old Empire parting tools
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For some time now I've been looking for good HSS cutoff blades.   Having watched Joe Pie's talk about parting off I became more interest in HSS.  I've tried the Shars indexable parting tool - and both ends were bent open on the first run!

I found a nice Empire Tool Co. 1/2" tall, 1/8" wide cut - and it fits nicely in my 250-007T holder.  I've read that Empire is one of the old standards, but initial searches found nothing.

Here is the first link that responds:  http://empiretool.com/
There are some very tantalizing pix there but - this site is abandoned.

It turns out Empire Tooling Co. has been sold, and now are being produced  by Miller Broach, Inc (http://www.millerbroach.com) - phone 810-395-8810.  Miller ONLY makes the HSS parting tools - Holders have been taken over by BME Screw Machine Attachments (http://www.bmeattachments.com/).  This is a fairly commercial vendor and the smaller parting tools hobby machinists might used are a bit buried on the site. But they are very friendly on the phone, as is Miller.  BME's phone is:  (810) 937-2974.  Both companies are in Michigan, US.

I have no affiliation with either company - just passing this on FYI.  It was a real pain to find this GOOD stuff, so maybe it will save somebody some time.  I have 2 PDF catalogs but can't seem to get the to show up as an attachment... Bash

Best Regards - Alan R.
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Thanks for sharing the info Alan. And welcome to the forum. Welcome
Willie
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