Todays Project - What did you do today?

[PixMan]

(12-18-2014, 09:41 PM)f350ca Wrote: Cost Ken Cost. Would be nice to have newer technology but it comes with a hefty price tag. The inserts for these are dirt cheap (even in Canada) and do what I need, mostly rough work. Actually this cutter got put in when one of the screws twisted off in my 1 1/4 - R8 shank Polish cutter. Doubt if its worth tracking down the odd headed left hand thread screws it uses, will probably get another tool, that one owes me nothing.

I understand that. I keep my eyes on eBay (have "saved search") and get killer deals on quality tools. What I've found is that the newer insert milling cutters have such better grades and geometry that you don't need "dirt cheap" inserts because they just last so much longer. I have indexed the 8-corner hexagonal inserts in my 2" & 3" face mills ONCE in the past year. Got six edges left.

Whatever works for you is best, and I do recognize that things are much different in Canuckistan.