Kwackers - yep, snapped the pigging tip, it just chipped on the cutting surface. £25 for I bet seriously, 20 seconds of use, if that. I can`t get in touch with the bloody people from the stand nor can I remember the name of the stand I got it off. Anyone else at the Midlands show remember the man and woman selling tooling, up near the British Horology stand?
Why do you want to contact them?
If it is to buy more tips, then really, you should know by now that when you buy new tooling, you should always buy spare tips.
If it is to complain about the tool, there is only one person at fault, and it isn't the retailer.
I see almost daily, going around various sites, people who are having trouble with parting off.
There is no such thing as a perfect parting tool that will cure all. I have quite a selection of parting tools ready mounted up, and it is a matter of selecting the best tool for the job.
Parting off and grooving can not be forced to work, it is a technique that has to be learned. No amount of upside down tooling, back toolposts, or any other gizmos are going to work with everything. If you can't part off using standard methods of setting up both your tool and machine to do the job, you will always struggle.
I honestly don't think parting off can be taught in posts like this. That is why some people have so much trouble. Even after everyone and his dog has thrown their bit into the pot, and then spending copious amount of money on gizmos, they still can't do it.
It is a matter of going right back to basics, how certain metals are machined, and how to set your machine and tooling up to ensure success.
If a person isn't capable of doing those basic things, then all they can really do is spend their money on a good hacksaw.
A machine and it's tooling is totally brain dead, it follows religiously the instructions it gets from it's master.
Bogs