Selecting A Parting Tool

[EdK]

(07-11-2013, 05:46 PM)PixMan Wrote: Those should work just fine on steels, Ed. My guess is that you're just not feeding them anywhere near hard enough.

Throw a piece of steel in the chuck, say 1" diameter. Set the spindle speed to at least 1000 rpm. Set the cross axis feed rate to .004" feed per rev, and stand aside when you engage the clutch.

You'll get nice little curled chips!

Ken

Ken,

I wondered if my feed rate was too wimpy. I'll give it a try but that scares the hell out of me using the power cross feed for parting off.

I see in the video you didn't use any cutting oil. Is cutting oil not necessary when parting off with carbide inserts?

Ed