Looking for BP-- style carbide inserts

[Red96]

Hello,

Just acquired a neat little solid carbide boring bar off the Bay. Made in Germany, it's very small - shank is 1/4" in diameter. It appears to be the same boring bar that Kennametal's S04-KBLP-R03, sold at MSC, except the Kennametal is Steel; This one is Carbide, but appears identical. The MSC listing says the boring bar uses BP-- style inserts. Here's my issue - I've searched and searched, and cannot find a vendor that carries BP (82 degree parallelogram; 11 degree relief) style carbides in any size.

Obviously I've gone through David Best's book, search engines, CarbideDepot.com, etc., etc. without luck. The ISO and ANSI charts all show the B shape and P relief angle, but can not find anything for sale.

If anyone has a suggestion of places to search or call, I'd certainly appreciate the lead.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Ischgl99]

That’s most likely a special order item, give Curtis at Lathe Inserts a call, he can find just about anything.

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[Red96]

Thank you, I will contact him.

 

[Red96]

Ended up finding the inserts on eBay. Seems these are fairly common in Germany. Not so much in the US.

BPGF 0303L14. Bar cuts beautifully!

Thanks for reading.