Searcher7 wrote:

What I really wanted to start with was the 16N, but there is no cigar
for second place: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250227734204
(If it wasn't for the high bidder, I would have paid just over $60 for
it). :-(

Anyway, since most of my machining links went with the big PC crash of
2006, I was hoping that someone could direct me to some sites that
explain the characteristics and features of various indexable tooling.

I just have to learn more about it. :-)

http://www.aloris.com/pdfs/2006_Aloris_Catalog.pdf

Have you looked through their catalog? Link above.

Wes