I toyed around with the idea and asked questions about indexable
tooling here two years ago when I first got my 7" X 14" lathe, and I
have decided to become more serious about it.

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). :-(

The 16N tends to go so high that you might as well buy them new from
the manufacturer. There was one several months ago with a $60 Buy-It-
Now, but some genius decided to try to get it cheaper than that before
I could get to the auction.(Needless tosay, it went for a lot more
than $60).

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.

My MSC catalog is two years old and I see stuff on their website that
is new to me.(however, I did win a 12N:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=250227383836)

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

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.