matt-jaysey
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Hi im new to home machining, I've used lathes and mills through work but im now venturing into set-up up my own home shop. I live in the UK which is the important bit. Now I have a press, tig/mig welder, vice, grinder, sand blaster, tools etc mostly mechanics based stuff and now wanna do machining. I've got my eye on the turret Mill and the gearhead DRO from Warco. I've done my research etc and looked at the mods etc. I don't have 3 phase so they'll have to do.
Back to the point, I watch keith fenner, tom from Ox tools etc on youtube, and from personal experience I know you get what you pay for when it comes to tools. I have 3 mitotoyo indicators, but what I wanna know is what brand of tools should I be looking at. Most of the American guys have Starett and you can buy new or second hand off ebay which is fine, but pickings are abit slim. IS there any other brands british or not that are in the same league as Starett? On the Warco web site you can get an Inch mic for £10?! I don't have one but that can't be any good surely? I'm not even tempted, i'd rather spend the extra £40 and buy a starett.
I wanna build a collection of tools that i'm gonna keep for many years so i don't want junk. At work they use Glanze inserts and tools which seem to be fine, all my drills, taps and reamers are dormer or Bosch as I find their HSS-G (ground i believe) drill bits excellent. Any brand names that you think are really good quality would be greatly appriecated. I'm looking at machining and milling motorbike engine sized stuff, and two other thing, has anyone any experiance with the Warco surface grinder, and does anyone know a company that still makes slotters/shapers?
Cheers Matt
Back to the point, I watch keith fenner, tom from Ox tools etc on youtube, and from personal experience I know you get what you pay for when it comes to tools. I have 3 mitotoyo indicators, but what I wanna know is what brand of tools should I be looking at. Most of the American guys have Starett and you can buy new or second hand off ebay which is fine, but pickings are abit slim. IS there any other brands british or not that are in the same league as Starett? On the Warco web site you can get an Inch mic for £10?! I don't have one but that can't be any good surely? I'm not even tempted, i'd rather spend the extra £40 and buy a starett.
I wanna build a collection of tools that i'm gonna keep for many years so i don't want junk. At work they use Glanze inserts and tools which seem to be fine, all my drills, taps and reamers are dormer or Bosch as I find their HSS-G (ground i believe) drill bits excellent. Any brand names that you think are really good quality would be greatly appriecated. I'm looking at machining and milling motorbike engine sized stuff, and two other thing, has anyone any experiance with the Warco surface grinder, and does anyone know a company that still makes slotters/shapers?
Cheers Matt