According to the spec sheet, this lathe should use DCGT090202SCT12A inserts with the LH and RH cutting tools, an SGTFL 101-1.6 insert for the parting tool and an EPMT06024E-S3X5 insert for the external threading tool.

I spent last night Googling for these and singularly failed to find a source outside the USA. I'm guessing the world of indexable tooling has moved on since 1998

Various people sell DCMT inserts, but only in 7mm or 11mm thicknesses, which I'm guessing won't fit a tool designed for 9mm thick inserts ?

A 10mm shank set of the four main tools will cost around £75 from Glanze, and would use readily available inserts, so I'm leaning towards binning the Boxford supplied stuff and moving over to Glanze instead.

Has anyone used Glanze tooling in a TCL ?

Adrian.