If it says Komet Werkzeuge, then the tool probably came from Germany, the
insert is perhaps metric - sounds like 6mm, if you say it's slightly smaller
than 1/4"... (0.236")
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Cheers,

--Mitch


"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
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Our school was donated some tooling which included a a neat
little insert boring bar with a 1/2 inch diameter shank about
4-1/2 inches overall length.

No inserts came with it.

Boring bar came in a clear plastic case like thse that end mills
come in. Case is marked Komet Werzeuge,
with a part number R.B. VJ (or UJ) - 500 - G - R.

Insert is slightly smaller than a 1/4 inch IC TCMT insert.

Does anyone know if this bar takes (or can use) an ANSI TCMT
1.81.52.CD825 / ISO TCMT 09 02 08 insert? These have an IC
diameter of 0.21875 inches which looks about right. These
inserts are expensive and I don't want to buy anything we can't
use.

If anyone knows it will be someone in these groups.

Thanks for the info.