Re: Inserts in the home shop

List,

In the Taigtools yahoo group some plans were just posted for a do-it-
yourself "diamond" holder called the Freeby. It can be found in the
files section under Richs' files...

Joe, The inserts mentioned in this thread are HSS "versions" of the
carbide tooling normally used; i.e., the little "chips" with a screw
through the middle, or a little clamp arm on top to hold them in the
larger body of the toolholder. The Freeby I referenced above is
essentially the same design as the HSM advertised "diamond", modified
for home shop manufacture.

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Joe Vicars <jvicars@c...> wrote:
> It is called a DIAMOND toolholder and it is pretty neat but not
cheap. It uses cheap HSS blanks and is so configured that you only
> have to grind the face. A grinding fixture is supplied.
> It can be used for facing, turning and OD threading.
> They are about 100 bucks.
> There is an ad for them every month in HSM<snip>