Buerste wrote:



Why are people obsessed with carbide? For us, we
get more speed and heavier cuts but we are under time constraints. And,
I've got a big, lathe with 10 hp and very ridged QC tooling. I
still use HSS for intricate work other than facing and hogging
diameters.

I bought a few carbide lathe bits , wasn't impressed . I can hand grind a
1/4 inch cutter to perform bettter , longer . Only place I prefer carbide is
in the flycutter in my mill . Higher cutter speeds due to the larger
diameter are pretty tough on even cobalt .
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