At 05:00 PM 11/5/2008, you wrote: > > > >Well, there is also KBC, MSC, Enco, J&L, and probably some others. > >Doesn't Little Machine Shop > >sell smaller tooling for the desktop machines? > >Yes, but his selection is still limited, and while low priced generally, the >old adage about getting what you pay for comes to mind. > >And I finally remembered the name of my toolset, Glanz. Inserts are from >a 'V' name IIRC. Velleman maybe? And I've got MSC catalogs, but Hennley >beats their prices everytime. And I'm not familiar with the remaining names. > > >I use KBC a lot as they > >are the last one to keep a location in my town, and I save a bundle by > >picking up heavy stuff at their warehouse. > >I assume they have a web page? > >Thanks. > > >Jon
The travers web site works OK with the latest version of windows explorer but they have a long way to go to get to McMaster Carr's level for on line catalog. There paper catalog does have a lot of handy information on insert part number decoding, grades, coatings, speeds and feeds etc.. If you good tooling to use in a small lathe look at tools that are ment for swiss type turning machines. Like this. http://www.whizcut.se/applications_swiss_automatics.html __________ Andre' B. Clear Lake, Wi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
