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23rd June 2014, 08:40 PM #1
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5/8 or 16 mm round shank boring bars
I'm having trouble locating 5/8 boring bars (in Australia) to suit my milling machine boring head.Would any body know where to purchase some? or a alternative solution, other than buying another head.
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Ted
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23rd June 2014, 09:12 PM #2
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Ted, can you make up a boring bar from some MS and then using a grub screw, secure a piece of say 6mm HSS in the end to do the cutting?
Plan B is to make up a sleeve, concertina'd like an ER collet that has a 16mm OD and say a 9.5mm ID to take a more commonly available bar.
Michael
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24th June 2014, 02:40 AM #3
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Might be easier to source overseas,I see on ebay Cemented Carbide 12off for less than $60 AUD and Indexable 6 off for less than $120 AUD.
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24th June 2014, 08:21 AM #4
5/8 or 16 mm round shank boring bars
Have you tried toolexchange.com.au ? I think I recall seeing one or two 5/8 ones on the site yesterday.
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Jon
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24th June 2014, 08:03 PM #5
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Michael, I did think of a sleeve, but more like a split bush, however, maybe it would not hold,your idea is a good one but I'm not at that level yet.
Pipeclay,overseas looks like the go.
Jon, I must have mist them I do check the site on a regular basis some nice stuff on there.
For what it is worth the boring head is a AUSTRA 30D, the graduations are imperial and I have no idea where it was made, I did see a austra 40 on GraysOnline.
Ted
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24th June 2014, 08:19 PM #6
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