Hi guys. Well, it's been a while since I was on here and now I'm back looking for more stuff. I have the A2Z quick tool post and I was looking for a blade for the holder this kit comes with. Now here's the tricky part, EVERYONE seems to have the HSS blades or even the brazed type. Unfotunately these blades just aren't hard enough to turn a bolt from a car. These are super hard. I was looking at the indexable type as well for a cobalt and/or tin coated insert, but I just can't find something small enough for the mini lathe. Can someone point me to some sources or someplace I can find something like this.
I have talked to Grizzly, and and two others, but nothing there either. Grizzly has a new blade with an insert that may work, but they don't have the individual tin coated inserts from what I can see. You can turn aluminum and the softer materials with the HSS cutters I have but I would like to turn something harder which is possible if you go slow.
These are small bolts so they aren't a problem putting them on the mini lathe. If I can't find a blade that fits the A2Z blade holder I can always get the 3/8 or 1/2 indexable type since those can fit on one of the other holders. I also noticed that the bottom side of the A2Z holder barely has an edge, it's 1/32 from what i could measure. I don't know if it's just my blade block or what, but I think I may have to fix this since most blades seem to be thicker than this. Either way any input on this is greatly appreciated since I can't seem to find anything at the moment. My HSS parting tool just turned a bit black when I tried using it on one of those hard bolts.