Diamond Lathe Tool Holder

It s rather a test for my mini lathe comparing its performance over the conventional hss cobalt toolbit.

Diamond lathe tool holder.

Adaptable to fit on the cross slide of virtually any small to medium sized lathes and quick to swap over in place of the top slide. The name came from the shape the tool bit takes on when seen from above. Tool holder size will depend on a combination of size of your lathe and type of tool post fitted. The name came from the shape the tool bit takes on when seen from above.

Tangential tool holder for taig lathe. The diamond tool holder was originally developed in australia by des burke in 1985 and manufactured by him until 2006. The diamond tool holder. I have heard quite a few good things about tangential or diamond tools.

Model number indicates distance in millimeters from bottom of tool post tool slot to lathe centerline. I decide to try it out but first of. Indexable cutoff and grooving carbide inserts. For general purpose work the tool used in is a single point tool but for special operations.

At the age of 80 des finally hung up his production overalls to spend more time in his shed on hobby engineering. This video is not a test for the diamond tool holder. Check tool height and size of tool slot in tool post before purchasing. A lathe is a machine that rotates the workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as turning undercutting knurling drilling facing boring and cutting with lathe cutting tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.

Diamond tipped turning lathe tools. 1 left hand toolholder 1 hss tool blank. The diamond tool holder was originally developed in australia by des burke in 1985 and manufactured by him until 2006. They are reported to be simple to use cut aggressively and leave good surface finish.

I thought it would be a useful one to add to my channel. This is a video i originally made to showcase the features of the tool at trade exhibitions.