[modeleng] Re: Replacable Tips

In a message dated 18/10/2005 09:41:57 GMT Standard Time, 
clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> So now the moral of this story is beware of Show Bargains as the actual 
> tips in the box judging from the first ones perfomance are definitely not 
> Sandvik.
> 

Hi Cliff,
Your experience is interesting to me.
I also purchased a set of tipped tools from a well known model engineering 
supplier but I have been very disappointed with them.
The tips are very sensitive to intermittent shocks such as when turning a 
round from an irregular shaped blank.
Out of a set of 5 tools, each with a 3 sided replaceable tip, almost all of 
the cutting edges have chipped off and I can no longer use them. I know that I 
could purchase more tips at approx. 3.50UKP each but it seems pointless when I 
can make a piece of HSS last for months.
Being very much a beginner at this turning lark I assumed that I was doing 
something wrong, but perhaps the only thing that I have got wrong trying to do 
the job on the cheap.
Regards Ken Jones in Sunny Berkshire.


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