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A little background:
Some of us Hobby-Machinist located in the middle Tennessee area have been discussing possibly making a tangential tool holder as a group project. I have read good things about these and particularly the Diamond branded one that has been around for a long time and demands a rather high price. One of its most attractive features to me is the simple tool grinding method. It does require a special fixture to hold the tool bit that establishes the simple one ground facet on the HSS. I have what I believe is a Diamond clone (no markings on the tool) that I purchased at a used tool store but have never used it yet so have no experience with it.
Yesterday I was looking at one of the hobby machinist magazines and noticed an ad for what appeared to be another version for sale at around 1/3 the cost of the Diamond brand tangential. A quick look at the provided link below determined it was not a tangential holder but something claimed to be new and better than other tool holders.
http://www.wimberley-tools.com/index.cfm
I went to bed last night thinking about this new tool and this morning did a quick search on this site which turned up nothing. At this point I thought I might ask you guys if any of you have used this "new" HSS tool holder and possibly the Diamond" holder and can provide any reasons one is better than the other.
Thanks, Benny
Some of us Hobby-Machinist located in the middle Tennessee area have been discussing possibly making a tangential tool holder as a group project. I have read good things about these and particularly the Diamond branded one that has been around for a long time and demands a rather high price. One of its most attractive features to me is the simple tool grinding method. It does require a special fixture to hold the tool bit that establishes the simple one ground facet on the HSS. I have what I believe is a Diamond clone (no markings on the tool) that I purchased at a used tool store but have never used it yet so have no experience with it.
Yesterday I was looking at one of the hobby machinist magazines and noticed an ad for what appeared to be another version for sale at around 1/3 the cost of the Diamond brand tangential. A quick look at the provided link below determined it was not a tangential holder but something claimed to be new and better than other tool holders.
http://www.wimberley-tools.com/index.cfm
I went to bed last night thinking about this new tool and this morning did a quick search on this site which turned up nothing. At this point I thought I might ask you guys if any of you have used this "new" HSS tool holder and possibly the Diamond" holder and can provide any reasons one is better than the other.
Thanks, Benny