"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:35:18 -0800, "Michael Koblic"
wrote:

big snip
After I
chipped two of the three corners of the insert (I thought carbide was
supposed to be good for an interrupted cut!)...

Other way around. Carbide is really hard, brittle. Use HSS
for interrupted cuts. But you've got that figured out now


Common sense really.
And I am old enough not to believe everything I read on the internet :-)
I guess I am still hoping that those carbide cutters are actually good for
*something*.

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Michael Koblic
Campbell River, BC