That Global is a very useful workshop machine. I had something similar for many years and it gave excellent service, then about 15 years ago Scott Machinery phoned to say they had traded in 5 or 6...
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That Global is a very useful workshop machine. I had something similar for many years and it gave excellent service, then about 15 years ago Scott Machinery phoned to say they had traded in 5 or 6...
Yep, there is nothing than can't be done by HSS, especially by grinding the tool rake to suit the material. TC has only been commonly available since the 1960's. For the 100 years prior to that it...
Sparey's book on the amatuers lathe is good value. A cheap 16mm set of TC insert tooling is offered on TradeMe which is perfectly useable. I keep a good stock of HSS which is good to grind into...