Sherline Lathe 103 - Tooling & Materials

[@whynoti3174]

Your videos are all very helpful , they have great detailed explanations with out assumptions, and the quality video footage is much appreciated

[@benridesbikes95]

As a newbie, I really appreciate you taking the time and effort to share -- had been thinking of getting a Sherline (thats what comes of watching Clickspring) and your videos have given me such confidence to finally go for it, by answering all my questions -- fantastic and REALLY appreciated.

[@sylphid78]

Thank you for your great series. Really well done and useful even for newbie. Thank you.

[@tannertucker22]

I am newbie...about to order an SL. Your presentations are excellent and very logically presented. Thank you.

[@LexElls]

Very helpful, thank you

[@bigoper]

Just perfect.

[@panofish]

Where did you go? You stopped making videos some years ago and nothing since. I can only assume that you lost interest OR you have heath issues OR life changing issues that a prevented you from continuing. I wish you would respond and clarify ???

[@pauldevey8628]

Do you have recommendations as to where to purchase quality cutters? Cheap cutters?

[@MiniMachining]

+Paul Devey Ah... quality and cheap? ;) Best bang for the buck that I've found is the carbide insert cutters from Anytime Tools, they are what I use primarily and what you see in all my videos for the lathe. Find them on Amazon, $27 for 5-piece 1/4" or $35 for same thing in 3/8". I've found the 3/8" cutters to sit a little high in the sherline fixed toolposts, don't have a sherline 1/4" fixed tool post to test with. If you are using rocker, lantern, or quick-change tool post you should have no issues... or grind/mill the cutter's bar thinner on the bottom side if you are stuck with non-adjustable tool posts.

[@timle1286]

+MiniMachining Would you recommend the 3/8" over the 1/4"? I would think since the 3/8" is slightly bigger and it should allow you to take deeper cuts and last a little longer... what do you think?

[@MiniMachining]

Yes, normally you want to use the largest lathe tool you can for the increased strength/rigidity/mass/etc. However, make sure your tool post will fit the larger cutters. Long term, particularly if you do very small parts with tight spaces also, you'll want both 3/8" and 1/4"... possibly even 1/8" tools.

[@123hurst3]

300-600 dollars seems wildly excessive for quality drill indexes. One to two hundred for a first class high speed drill index (fractional, numerical or alphabetic) is more what will you pay.

[@treatb09]

this company should be put out of business.. and you