I have a decent selection of indexable tools, but they are all low/medium quality high volume tools purchased in a set or individually on Amazon, EBay, or Ali.
After reading all the input all over the place on our forum I've decided to pull the trigger on my first high quality carbide cutting tool. I'm thinking a simple RHand Trigon tool to face and RH Turn. The reason for this choice is the 3 cutting tips and solidity to face and turn as well as the frequency of use (number of times I would use it).
I confess that the insert I use the most among my existing inserts is Trigon, so I'm a bit biased by that experience. But the other obvious choice is a rhombus insert - more common but fewer cutting points.
I'm wondering about with or without an anvil. The anvil would give me double the working points and a bit better attack angle, but would also drive the initial and ongoing costs. Is an anvil worth the cost and complexity?
I'll also get a small quantity of inserts for Stainless, Aluminium, and regular steel with different sizes of points.
All in all, this purchase will probably cost me a kings ransom, so I'm very nervous about doing it. It's almost worse than deciding to buy a new lathe! Ya, 50 years of using a lathe and I'm nervous about buying a new tool. Go figure!
If it were not for all the very positive comments about the advantages of a quality tool elsewhere I would not even be thinking about it. I'd just keep on doing what I have always done before.
Any advice or other things to think about here before I spend a whackload of coin and regret it?
After reading all the input all over the place on our forum I've decided to pull the trigger on my first high quality carbide cutting tool. I'm thinking a simple RHand Trigon tool to face and RH Turn. The reason for this choice is the 3 cutting tips and solidity to face and turn as well as the frequency of use (number of times I would use it).
I confess that the insert I use the most among my existing inserts is Trigon, so I'm a bit biased by that experience. But the other obvious choice is a rhombus insert - more common but fewer cutting points.
I'm wondering about with or without an anvil. The anvil would give me double the working points and a bit better attack angle, but would also drive the initial and ongoing costs. Is an anvil worth the cost and complexity?
I'll also get a small quantity of inserts for Stainless, Aluminium, and regular steel with different sizes of points.
All in all, this purchase will probably cost me a kings ransom, so I'm very nervous about doing it. It's almost worse than deciding to buy a new lathe! Ya, 50 years of using a lathe and I'm nervous about buying a new tool. Go figure!
If it were not for all the very positive comments about the advantages of a quality tool elsewhere I would not even be thinking about it. I'd just keep on doing what I have always done before.
Any advice or other things to think about here before I spend a whackload of coin and regret it?
