I have just purchased a Boxford Lathe

[123hotchef]

What way do these inserts

go in. Top pic i think

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Top pick.

 

[123hotchef]

Top pick.

I was correct thanks. That is a 12mm tool the 10mm one don't hold the inserts properly so they break

 

[123hotchef]

I was doing so well the the broach snapped too.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I was doing so well the the broach snapped too.

Sods law.start again.

 

[123hotchef]

Sods law.start again.

I persisted with a new 4mm bit now it is done. I am like a dog with a bone. Bloody expensive breaking all these bits

 

[Brad93]

I persisted with a new 4mm bit now it is done. I am like a dog with a bone. Bloody expensive breaking all these bits

You must still have some alignment issues.

 

[123hotchef]

You must still have some alignment issues.

possible I guess or the cutter did not like being 40mm deep in the hex bar

 

[Dieselman 63]

possible I guess or the cutter did not like being 40mm deep in the hex bar

Could have needed a pilot hole

 

[brightspark]

didn't shove it in and it got hot seized up and snapped did it or lack of coolant and didn't pull it out often enough to clear the swarf that's the normal reason

 

[123hotchef]

the rota broach dont need a pilot hole, it was nearly through when it snapped and I was going slow with plenty of oil too,

 

[slim_boy_fat]

That looks like one of those 'coolant through' cutters, like @Hood uses on his Chiron?

 

[Windy Miller]

the rota broach dont need a pilot hole, it was nearly through when it snapped and I was going slow with plenty of oil too,

What size broach was it? If it was a 10mm I’ve broken a couple recently, one within a second of it starting to cut . In a mag drill though, not the lathe. On close inspection it looked as if the flutes were machined very deep as there was only a few thou thickness left...

 

[brightspark]

the rota broach dont need a pilot hole, it was nearly through when it snapped and I was going slow with plenty of oil too,

probably grabbed at the last minute breaking through and snapped. it its quite common when drilling unfortunately

 

[123hotchef]

This was a 13mm broach but it was a long one and was in deep

 

[Brad93]

This was a 13mm broach but it was a long one and was in deep

With any drill in the lathe you need to peck and regularly use coolant and clear the chips

 

[RichardM]

Shouldn't the coolant feed internally with those and keep the "plug" lubricated as well?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Shouldn't the coolant feed internally with those and keep the "plug" lubricated as well?

Errrr, post #912

 

[Brad93]

Errrr, post #912

No they don’t need coolant constantly. It’s an option for gravity fed coolant on some magnetic drills.

 

[Pete.]

13mm hole you could have done with a 4-5mm pilot them a 13mm drill.