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Well I keep reading about how I should try American made insert tooling. So, having a big pile of inserts from who knows where, I made a holder. So now I have an American made insert holder with an American made insert. It did work pretty well.
After I had played with it awhile, I figured I ought to make the work into something, instead of just tossing it. So I used my home made tailstock die holder for the first time, to make a 1/4-20 knurled thumbscrew. The die holder worked amazingly well! If you knew the trials I've gone through trying to use dies on the lathe, you'd throw me a party. Then I parted off my new thumb screw with my home made parting tool holder. So after all that, I'm feeling down right patriotic today.
All kidding aside, the insert I used did "feel" smooth when turning. And DOC was seemingly limitless with a slow hand feed, although I didn't push it under power feed. Pretty cool.
After I had played with it awhile, I figured I ought to make the work into something, instead of just tossing it. So I used my home made tailstock die holder for the first time, to make a 1/4-20 knurled thumbscrew. The die holder worked amazingly well! If you knew the trials I've gone through trying to use dies on the lathe, you'd throw me a party. Then I parted off my new thumb screw with my home made parting tool holder. So after all that, I'm feeling down right patriotic today.
All kidding aside, the insert I used did "feel" smooth when turning. And DOC was seemingly limitless with a slow hand feed, although I didn't push it under power feed. Pretty cool.