rickharris
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I have been gifted a "collection" of lathe tools by a now retired machinist. Most are standard HSS tools although many have some strange shapes ground into them to suit particular jobs he was doing. They had a tool maker on site although some tools got "altered" to suite the job.
I have a selection of carbide tips of many different shapes some of which I have no idea what I may use them for - Any clues would be welcome.
Why the odd looking hooks on this tip
No hole in this tip?
I guess this is a round tipped tool - Why is there araiosed section in what I assume to be the cutting tip.
Apparently he did several jobs that required grooves in the work of varying widths - These tools are all marked and vary only very slightly in tip width - There are actually about twice this many.
Some of the tools are VERY chunky
This box contains the tools that I have little chance of getting into my mini lathe - Is there a use for over sized HSS material?
I have a selection of carbide tips of many different shapes some of which I have no idea what I may use them for - Any clues would be welcome.
Why the odd looking hooks on this tip
No hole in this tip?
I guess this is a round tipped tool - Why is there araiosed section in what I assume to be the cutting tip.
Apparently he did several jobs that required grooves in the work of varying widths - These tools are all marked and vary only very slightly in tip width - There are actually about twice this many.
Some of the tools are VERY chunky
This box contains the tools that I have little chance of getting into my mini lathe - Is there a use for over sized HSS material?