Diamond Lathe Tool Holder

The diamond tool holder was originally developed in australia by des burke in 1985 and manufactured by him until 2006.

Diamond lathe tool holder.

This is a video i originally made to showcase the features of the tool at trade exhibitions. I have heard quite a few good things about tangential or diamond tools. Tool holder size will depend on a combination of size of your lathe and type of tool post fitted. The name came from the shape the tool bit takes on when seen from above.

They are reported to be simple to use cut aggressively and leave good surface finish. For general purpose work the tool used in is a single point tool but for special operations. The diamond tool holder. 1 left hand toolholder 1 hss tool blank.

I decide to try it out but first of. A lathe is a machine that rotates the workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as turning undercutting knurling drilling facing boring and cutting with lathe cutting tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis. It s rather a test for my mini lathe comparing its performance over the conventional hss cobalt toolbit. Cut square corner grooves in a workpiece or cut completely through a part.

Adaptable to fit on the cross slide of virtually any small to medium sized lathes and quick to swap over in place of the top slide. At the age of 80 des finally hung up his production overalls to spend more time in his shed on hobby engineering. I thought it would be a useful one to add to my channel. The diamond tool holder was originally developed in australia by des burke in 1985 and manufactured by him until 2006.

Fit these holders directly into a lathe tool post or appropriately sized holder without the need for a tool block. Check tool height and size of tool slot in tool post before purchasing. Indexable cutoff and grooving carbide inserts. The tool bit is also simple to grind and be reground.

The name came from the shape the tool bit takes on when seen from above. Tangential tool holder for taig lathe.