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Re: buying a lathe?

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
I can find the inserts for it, but the holder itself runs $50+ if you don't make it yourself. Not to mention that the inserts, which are trapezoids of HSS, cost $15 each. For many teams that's not a problem, but we struggle with getting money to retool and suffer from inexperienced users breaking tools (the rate of which seems to be at an all-time low, which is good).
It's still not cheap, but last time we purchased from Western Tool, .029 uncoated carbide Thinbit inserts for nonferrous metals were "only" $12 ea. You may want to shop around a bit for a better price than what you're currently getting.
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