Using 8 sides of CNMG negative inserts

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True. It seems like 95 percent of the jobs I start I have to face off the part to set z zero and that is where the tool excels. I think the point is that...

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Not to my knowledge. There should be. It is a shame to toss an insert with good corners on it....

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What is a buccaneer?

Da*n expensive corn. Well, it used to be.

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In the 80 degree configuration it is a turn face tool. The insert like this is my main turning tool. I have taken .170 DOC and .015 IPR feed cuts with...

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Your medical condition should be a private matter. However these new vehicles are phoning home and I am sure the information they are getting is quite...

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I use several CNMG inserts and can use all 8 corners of the negative inserts by using two different style holders. I use Kennametal and Ultra Dex Kenloc...

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Cut down a couple of cherry trees. Pet cemetery is located between trees so stumps will have to be ground and not dug out..

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I was shocked in a marketing course when in selling the proverbial widget, cost had nothing to do with it. It was if we price it at $1 we sell so many,...

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Is this what you are looking for?

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I was just doing some plumbing and had a thought, ABS glue. That stuff almost becomes part of your body so maybe a little on the sliver, let it dry, then...

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My wife was telling me yesterday that we just got a sewage bill for a place we own. I was there one day and flushed the toilet as I was leaving. The flap...

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Those are handy at times. Sometimes it takes innovation and creatively like the op did to do whatever it takes to get the job done.


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I would like to say I did it with live tooling but didn't happen. After marking it to length with the parting tool, I took it over to the mill and made...

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Made a couple of spare bolts for a brush cutter HR 4140.

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They make forestry model parts that protect many of the vulnerable places. The door/windshield still has to operate so anything added needs to allow for...

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If the brush cutter is kept flat to the ground it would be more safe, but I quit after the windshield broke and until I could replace it. It would take...

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Was brush cutting when a piece of a tree came flying back and blew out the front window. I got a few small cuts on my hands. Installed a replacement windshield...