Re: Inserts in the home shop

Jon:

Regarding HSS inserts, many asked why. Well, It's probably a crazy idea,
but I work at a technical college where an intro machining course is
taught. It's only to give students an introduction to machining and not to
be proficient. But much time is spent grinding HSS bits, a good skill for
machinists but not too useful to engineers. For a first course, using
carbide lead to scary speeds. So I have always though it would be good to
use std tool holders and HSS inserts. I'm not responsible for the course
but when the topic came up................

At 04:20 PM 5/10/01 -0700, Jon wrote:

>I guess that's technically an insert holder for HSS, but there's another
>one that uses triangular inserts.
>http://www.arwarnerco.com is the web site.
>
>I'd sure like to know if his HSS inserts are compatible with the carbide
>shank versions sold elsewhere.

Under Products/HSS Inserts they indicate they do make inserts for standard
holders. Someone else mentioned most insert mfg also handle them.

Thanks to all for the help. :-)

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Hugh D. Currin, P.E.
Associate Professor & Chair
Manuf. & Mech. Engineering Technology
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, Oregon USA

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