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Offline mattinker

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Carbide inserts.
« on: November 08, 2017, 05:25:40 AM »
Does anyone have a link to a simple explanation about carbide inserts. So far I've used high speed steel, brazed carbide tooling and some insert tooling that turned up with the lathe, Recently I bought a second-hand boring bar which I think is an early Sandvick, but I can't find any references to it on the web!

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Matthew

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Re: Carbide inserts.
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2017, 07:36:28 AM »
Carbide Depot has some useful info under there Technical rescources tab.
http://www.carbidedepot.com/formulas-bb-d.htm
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Re: Carbide inserts.
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2017, 10:06:09 AM »
Thanks Mark,
I've made some progress!!

So it's :-
A :- steel bar w/ coolant hole
25  ;- 1 5/6" ø
T ;- 12" long
S :- Screw Lock only
V :-  35°diamond
U  :--3°  endcutting
B :- 5°  relief
R :- Right hand
16 :- 16mm?

I am assuming that the 16 is 16mm as the imperial units don't match.

Based on the table for inserts on the same site:-

The insert is a
V  35°diamond
B  5° relief
Tolerance?
H Looks like a 70° to 90° Countersink
I don't understand the code for the length which looks like 16mm

Thanks again Mark, I'm getting somewhere!! Cheers, Matthew

Offline chipenter

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Re: Carbide inserts.
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2017, 02:22:04 PM »
16mm is the length of one side .
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Re: Carbide inserts.
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2017, 03:09:32 PM »
Here are some charts with imperial measurements, from KBC Tools.


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Re: Carbide inserts.
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2017, 03:18:11 PM »
If the pictures are too big you can view them at KBC Tools. Click on the E-Catalog, page 162.

https://www.kbctools.ca/

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Re: Carbide inserts.
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2017, 03:28:16 PM »
Here are some charts with imperial measurements, from KBC Tools.

16mm is the length of one side .

Thanks guys, I have now established that they are VBMT inserts.

Thanks again, I think I've made some progress as far as inserts are concerned! Cheers Matthew.