[modeleng] Re: TiN coated tools

  • From: "Patrick Coppens" <develop@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:19:41 +0200

Hi Ronald,

I have a set of TIN coated drills,wich I bought in a Lidl supermarket for 5
euro's!
These are the best drills I ever had! They are of "dubious pedigree",but
nevertheless worth the investment.
I say go for it...


Patrick

To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 8:13 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: TiN coated tools


> I have used Chinese routing cutters( for wood ) on aluminium and have
> experienced no problems.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:10 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] TiN coated tools
>
>
> Hi chaps
>
> My M.E. arrived yesterday, and in it was a catalogue from Arc Euro Trade.
A
> very good catalogue too, and it would seem, produced especially for the ME
> trade.  Most if not all of the stuff in it is undoubtedly Chinese, but it
> does look to be fair quality if pictures are anything to go by.
>
> My attention was drawn to their end mills and slot drills.  These are TiN
> (titanium nitride?) coated and are incredibly cheap, for example a 1/2"
end
> mill is GBP4, about a quarter of the price of a Dormer HSS end mill.  A
set
> of seven end mills covering sizes 1/8" to 1/2" is GBP18.  Even Tracy Tools
> can't do them this cheaply!
>
> I'm tempted to order a few as I can never have enough milling cutters, but
> has anyone else had experience of these and are they a bargain?  As I
> understand it the TiN coating reduces friction, but surely it must wear
off
> and in any case it won't be present if the tool is re-ground.  Comments
> welcome!
>
> Regards
> Ron Head
> Oxford UK
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