Landy Nick
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I use indexable tip tools for just about everything. I only use blanks, if I need to grind up something special for a one off job.
your right Simmy, if i was running deep cuts off in the lathe id use flood coolant, my head was in the mill as i wrote that, my bad.Only problem with oil is the smoke. I always got told that your not lubricating the tool, your keeping it cool. Them CNMG tips,, we used to rough out some long adjusting screws for tata. And you could take 7mm off a side. So 14mm cut at 200 rpm at 0.4mm feed. Chip breaking the cuttings. None of this swarf rubbish [emoji41][emoji41] I trained up and qualified as a miller turner. We used all kinds of tooling from hss, ceramic, diamond tipped, and even making your own out of mild steel and case hardening it. Used to do a lot of that when making rolls for pipe benders. I've even seen people making small boring bars out of an old m5 tap.
That's a mascot 1600. The fella who used to own the company still came in to do drawings etc. Just to get him out the house really. He was proper old school turner. He had equations in his head for working things out. I used to stand there like how the f**k do you know that lol. Crazy [emoji16]. He said the hp of the motor and the gear ratios of that machine, put that cut on. Not an issue to the old lass. Heard story's about an old cincinatti horizontal mill he had. Used it for roughing out slabs of en16. A lad said you couldn't go near it as the cuttings were like £2 bits coming of it!! Old fella was stood there with a thick welders coat on and goggles and flat cap. NUTTER [emoji23][emoji23]your right Simmy, if i was running deep cuts off in the lathe id use flood coolant, my head was in the mill as i wrote that, my bad.
altho for smaller cuts on the lathe id still use the oil, you can see more what your at.
like all the machines, every job has a different way of going about it.
altho the oil i use dosent smoke much but it id be good quality oil.
thats deep cuts your taking there tho, most wouldnt cut that deep.
i trained as a fitter and the rest of what i know is home schooled so to speak.
would that be a mascott 1600 there or a mastiff.
i bought a 1600 80" one for myself 6 mths ago.
View attachment 578160 View attachment 578158 View attachment 578156 View attachment 578154 View attachment 578152 View attachment 578150 A few pictures sampling the tooling I have, ended up working far later than I expected so not very organised I'm afraid.
Some boring bars, morse taper drill bit, carbide drill bit etc. There is a heap of stuff still to be sorted but if you need anything specific drop me a message and I'll see what I have.