Making insert holders for my lathe

i was thinking about case hardening them in powdered charcoal and leaving the blue/black color on them.
i'll try a piece of scrap first to see how it looks
steve
 
I ordered a carbide cutter today and the inserts.
steve
 
today i got some of the bigger chunks of material out of the way. it sure was a lot easier than the dovetails. i sawed the left and right and used a 1" mill to do the center one. next will be machining the noses down to the right cutter height and angles then the pocket.
steve

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today i got a lot done on the center cutter. it is hard to see and the pic that is the closest to showing the angles is blurry. the angles for this carbide are negative 3 degrees down and 3 degrees down to the left, so this cutter still only cuts towards the chuck.
I still need to machine the one side and install the stud but it is turning out pretty good.
steve

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thats not a parallel i'm using in the pic for a shim to clamp against
that is one of my endmill hardness testers
steve
 
thank you guys
i'm getting the hang of the speeds and feeds for steel. i didnt dull of break anything today lol
the pocket for the carbide was slow going with this slow spindle speed (1970 rpm ) i had to take it easy with the 1/8 cutter.
steve
 
Steve, I'm very interested in the swivel vise you show. Is that of your own creation? Please tell me you have a build thread on it.
 
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