To answer your question about were I got my tools from in the other thread, for the lathe I got them from last owner and I suspect he got them from the orignal owner as I work with the last owner and he has access to the same tooling I do( he had none with it that pile). Otherwise I have aquired over the years about 60 pieces of tooling through different purchases and auctions the biggest score being when I purchased my shaper I got a box full of different sizes of cut off tools. I purchase stuff from enco and msc but I have yet to actually buy a piece of tooling per say. I will be soon though I need to get a decent QCTP and the cemented carbide I have has just about had it, most of the HSS I have is getting worn down or is ground to profiles I need to keep. The nice thing about HSS is you can use for all kinds of things and one piece goes a long way. I am thinking about investing in a tool grinder or a green wheel grinder but I am not sure that its a wise investment as of yet. I have 7 grinders and I really don't need another but I would like to sharpen end mills at some point in time.
Chris  |