Help me identify these bits

[Chris_The_Battery_Man]

So these bits came with my lathe a while back. I had a buddy over to give me the break down on basics with my mill and lathe. Showed him these bits, and asked what they were for, and he said they werent for my machine. They were for a bigger mill, not a lathe. They apparently are worth a few bucks.


What do I have here, and what are they worth? I wanna sell em off and put some $$ towards other projects

Any help is appreciated


x1 of these




x20 of these(2 - 10 packs)




x9 of these




x6 of these




x10 of these

[sniper]

indexable cutters.

the gold colored ones have a tin coating on them.

do you have the holders?

[rlockwood]

most of those, new, would cost around $20 each. Best bet is to put them on ebay, where you'll likely get much less for them. Im unfamiliar with the top ones-- the stellram and famet ones are very common in 45* face mills. The kennametal is for a 90* roughing mill. We burn through a few boxes of those a week. A turning/facing holder is probably available that use a few of those sizes, but whether it would be worthwhile or not is up to you. Many of them could make nice flycutter inserts as well.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by rlockwood

most of those, new, would cost around $20 each. Best bet is to put them on ebay, where you'll likely get much less for them. Im unfamiliar with the top ones-- the stellram and famet ones are very common in 45* face mills. The kennametal is for a 90* roughing mill. We burn through a few boxes of those a week. A turning/facing holder is probably available that use a few of those sizes, but whether it would be worthwhile or not is up to you. Many of them could make nice flycutter inserts as well.

Have your boss make Chris an offer!!

[Chris_The_Battery_Man]

No holders for em.

What do you think they're worth?

[rlockwood]

Originally Posted by Charlie-III

Have your boss make Chris an offer!!

eh, not those SPECIFIC inserts, we use the seco brand 12mm-- most of these companies vary the mount surface just enough to make them incompatible with other inserts. We also use them exclusively in stainless, and have not had good luck with TIN based coatings

otherwise, with how close we are, i'd suggest it. The company I work for used to be just down the road from scappoose

as far as worth, look the numbers up on ebay. There's bound to be a few identical sets, to compare pricing to- and you'll likely get the best price there.

[Cave Dave]

The first one goes in a kennemetal "top notch" holder and is for a lathe.The holders are spendy and that insert will only work with that holder.
The second and third ones are for old school face mills and are nearly worthless as they aren't used much anymore.
The forth one is for a kennemetal endmill that personally I don't think works very well in any material,but the inserts are about $15.00 a piece.
The last one is also for a older style face mill and not a lot of shops use them anymore.

Your best bet is to go to some shops and ask if they will buy them from you or craig's list them.

You could of course make your own holders and use all of them on a lathe if you have the time and skills.

[rangercat23]

Originally Posted by Cave Dave

The first one goes in a kennemetal "top notch" holder and is for a lathe.The holders are spendy and that insert will only work with that holder.
The second and third ones are for old school face mills and are nearly worthless as they aren't used much anymore.
The forth one is for a kennemetal endmill that personally I don't think works very well in any material,but the inserts are about $15.00 a piece.
The last one is also for a older style face mill and not a lot of shops use them anymore.

Your best bet is to go to some shops and ask if they will buy them from you or craig's list them.

You could of course make your own holders and use all of them on a lathe if you have the time and skills.

He hit the nail on the head!

If all else fails and you can't sell or trade them off you can always sell them off as scrap. Carbide is going for around $9.00 a pound here in H-Town.