Carbide Lathe Tooling Advice

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Carbide Lathe Tooling Advice

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22-11-2013, 14:51

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Re: Carbide Lathe Tooling Advice

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mike

Jim,

Before you spend a lot on tooling, contact a local dealer and see if they have a holder and inserts to try. You may find that your machines can not handle the heavey cuts that carbide likes.

Any 13x40 lathe will handle a CCGT/CCMT or similar high positive insert with no trouble.

Our mobile trailer has a POS JET 9x19 lathe and the only thing we run on it is inserted carbide tooling (WNMG) and it runs fine.

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