Can someone confirm that it would be left hand style pre-ground tool bits for use in a FC assuming normal clockwise rotation? I have right hand style bits for my lathe and they seem to be the exact opposite of what's wanted in a FC rotating clockwise.
If you use your lathe's tool bits for boring, the are mostly left hand. And they would fit. But you easily can grind them from small rectangle or round HSS bits. No big deal and you'll end there anyhow.
Nick
correct.
Randy
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Yep!
Harold
Can't you just reverse the spindle and use the cutters you have?
Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA
You could, but the bit pressure would be bearing on the 2 or 3 setscrews instead of the solid wall of the "groove". You might not notice any problem on really light cuts. Randy
Tool geometry is changed also. You would be going from zero or slightly positive rake to a very much negative rake.
Yeah, I wasn't thinking. I forgot the tool tip is on the center line of the cutter body. Still, I'd consider making a new fly cutter to match the tooling on hand. They're pretty easy to make.
Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA
LMS sells a set of three with blanks for less than $13.00 when they aren't backordered. MMC sells match>
Yeah, that too! :) Randy
Links? Not sure if I've heard of those companies. Randy
More than likely you have;
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Oh yeah, I know them. :) I use MMC every week. Randy
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