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Mogas:
Hello Mad Modders!
I have learned a lot from this forum and thought I would contribute something!
Sorry if it is old hat to you chaps but I thought it may be of use to another newbie like myself.
Up until recently I have been using ordinary tool steel and grinding various tips as required for the jobs to be done on my lathe.
I decided to step it up a notch and go carbide. Shopping around I soon found out that the tips and tool holders are rather pricey.
A bit of surfing cyber space uncovered this: http://bedair.org/Carbide/tool.html
My thanks to Steve Bedair whom I have never met or spoken to for the idea.
So I decided to have a go at making my own set of tool holders.
Machine:
A 3in1 of Chinese origin with a decent collet holder, chuck and some end mills, 4 and 14mm.
A 120mm rotary table.
Materials:
A scrap length of 16mm square bar, ordinary mild steel I think, milled down to 12 x 16mm in order to fit into my toolpost.
A few M3 countersunk machine screws.
The all important carbide tips, this type can be rotated and flipped over a total of 6 times each so should see me through to retirement before they are completely worn out!
The process was documented with photos, sorry, some were taken at night and are a little dark.
Here goes.

Mogas:
After milling the 16mm stock down to 12mm, blue and trace out the carbide tip.

Mogas:
I carefully leveled the work piece (I know the bubble is not centered, but it corresponds to the level of the bed!) Note to self: I must level my bench some time  :offtopic:

Mogas:
The fun part!
Mill, rotate mill some more.
These were taken at night so apologies for the picture quality.

Mogas:
Another one.

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