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19-04-2011 #4
Little lathe cheap parts, big lathe expensive parts
I have various holders the next size down from various manufactures from original to new Chronos types
The newer ones are very flimsy which i only use for small boring tools etc the older beefier types for the bigger tools.
One thing i can say is hardly any fitted correctly which wasn't an issue when manual turning, but when i went cnc those errors were unacceptable and i had to grind the tool post and all the holders, now changing tools i can hold a tolerance of 0.01mm on diameter.
The other place is ebay i still want more so i may make my own in the long term.
Tooling can cost more than the machine, currently i have 26 plus the tools in them + insets = 3 to 4 times the cost of the lathe.
Phil
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