Thread: Quick change tool post, advice please

Originally Posted by No.3

Yep, bloody good. Mine I got for several hundy I think, and picked up two more toolholders later. Do not regret it one bit.

I still use a lot of HSS - as I tend to turn a lot of oddball stuff like urethane, engineering plastics and reaching into small areas and carbide is poo for that. Also, things that aren't free cutting can be nasty with carbide but with HSS you can give them a bit more hook and really get under the hard bit on top.

Really good carbide insert tools for plastics are the high rake, sharp inserts designed for aluminium. I just turned up a few bits of UHWMPE this morning and it's the best. Can also be on steel, but one wrong turn and the tip shatters on them.