Thread: todays tools gloat

I'm jealous of those Rota drawers.



Factory neighbour picked up a Victor lathe (400x750), and a Bridgeport, and threw me a few extras.



1) a teeny, tiny, rotary:
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2) old SECO parting tool:
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The edges of the carbide are well rounded,
so extensive regrinding will be needed before anyone can use it.
(and the block is 25mm, so not on a Hercus )

Originally Posted by kafie1980

Not much info out there on them but probably listed in an old catalogue somewhere.

This looks pretty close - taken from the 1970 Edition of the Queensland Pastoral Supplies Catalogue.

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Originally Posted by nigelpearson

2) old SECO parting tool:
IMG_0319.jpg IMG_0320.jpg IMG_0321.jpg


The edges of the carbide are well rounded,
so extensive regrinding will be needed before anyone can use it.
(and the block is 25mm, so not on a Hercus )

Those tangential parting tools work really well. I have a few blades and I had a large holder. Sold the holder and made myself a smaller one to fit my lathe.
Blackwoods still had the blades listed with in the last couple of years. Not cheap though, but then nothing from Blackwoods is cheap. lol

I've got a couple of those rota drawer sets as well. very handy.

Originally Posted by Ray-s

This looks pretty close - taken from the 1970 Edition of the Queensland Pastoral Supplies Catalogue.

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This is awesome.

I ran the $9.11 price from 1970 through an online inflation calculator and that's worth about $125 in todays money. No far off from what I paid for it, $100.

Originally Posted by bollie7

Those tangential parting tools work really well. I have a few blades and I had a large holder. Sold the holder and made myself a smaller one to fit my lathe.
Blackwoods still had the blades listed with in the last couple of years. Not cheap though, but then nothing from Blackwoods is cheap. lol

Please educate me on the advantages of this parting tool design?
Thanks Steve

Originally Posted by Reidy41

Please educate me on the advantages of this parting tool design?
Thanks Steve

1) you can resharpen them numerous times
2) if you have a bit of a dig in, the tip of the tool rotates down and away from the cut. (hopefully without tearing the tip off the blade)

My parting tools.
I tend to use the HSS one more than the carbide as the HSS blade is thinner than the carbide.

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I'm surprised that you can't buy similar with inserts as they work much better than the regular horizontal parting tool blades.