Parting off tool holder

[DaveH]

John,

With all those tool insert holders did you have to anneal them first.

I suppose what I'm asking, before one can cut or modify them do they have to be annealed first.


DaveH

[doubleboost]

Hi
Dave
I heated them up to orange in the furnace then let them cool in there over nite
They were still tough but machinable
John

[PixMan]

It's true that some holders are very hard, as I've had to mill 3mm off the bottom of the holders I bought from Jeff at Tools4Cheap.net. Nice job on making the holders.

I've gotten lucky in finding complete integrated cutoff holders on Ebay for less than $70. I had gotten one with the machine, two more off Ebay.

[EdK]

Hi Ken. I like those parting tool holders. Is that something only Dorian makes?

Thanks,
Ed

[PixMan]

Not sure Ed, but I do know you can't get them from Tools4Cheap.net and CDCO in the smaller sizes. The one in the middle with the T-blade takes 7/8" to 1" tall blades. It's a D40CA-7-71 holder if I recall correctly. The one to the rear is a duplicate of it, though the clamping bar was damaged and my dad made the new one you see in it (not black oxide coated.) The one to the front, right hand side of the photo is the D40CA-7-32 which accepts the taller 32mm (1-1/4") blades.

Check out the various holders from Dorian on this Industry Depot page. Their site is so much better than Dorian's own.

http://www.industrydepot.com/DorianCut-O...olders.htm

I want to note that I find this style of holder to be SO MUCH better, more secure and rigid than the Aloris style offerings. Normally I endose Aloris products, but their cutoff blade holders is one design I dislike because of the single-point clamping design. The worst is the standard #7 with the single block clamp and the blade set at an angle. They are used only for the smaller 1/2" and 5/8" HSS blades, and you are constantly readjusting center height every time you resharpen the blade. The style I use affords easy setting and constant/consistent center height.

Look at the Aloris offerings from Jeff's site and see if you might agree.

http://www.tools4cheap.net/products.php?cat=52