Texatdurango
Member
Well as usual when flipping through the pages of tool catalogs I found a few things that I just can't live without! I received my latest tool order yesterday which included a nifty looking little knurling tool from Shars tooling, shown below.
I chose this tool simply because while I had the tech support guy from Grizzly on the phone last week I asked him if he were buying a knurling tool which type would he buy and this is the type he suggested.
Knowing absolutely nothing about how to use the tool I will be, as usual, in new waters and just hope for the best when I turn the machine on.
BUT for safety reasons, both mine and the machine's, this time I'm going to wait until I hear from a few folks as to exactly how to set this thing up!...
I have a quick change tool post tool holder that the knurler tool will fit into and the only adjustment is the thumb screw on top which looks to apply pressure to the piece equally on the top and bottom. This looks like it can grab onto a piece and not let go so I'm gonna ask first.
The question........
Does one rely on "inward" pressure from advancing the tool into the rod OR is the pressure applied by advancing the tool just to the edge of the rod then tightening the thumb screw or is it a combination of both?
I chose this tool simply because while I had the tech support guy from Grizzly on the phone last week I asked him if he were buying a knurling tool which type would he buy and this is the type he suggested.
Knowing absolutely nothing about how to use the tool I will be, as usual, in new waters and just hope for the best when I turn the machine on.
BUT for safety reasons, both mine and the machine's, this time I'm going to wait until I hear from a few folks as to exactly how to set this thing up!...
I have a quick change tool post tool holder that the knurler tool will fit into and the only adjustment is the thumb screw on top which looks to apply pressure to the piece equally on the top and bottom. This looks like it can grab onto a piece and not let go so I'm gonna ask first.
The question........
Does one rely on "inward" pressure from advancing the tool into the rod OR is the pressure applied by advancing the tool just to the edge of the rod then tightening the thumb screw or is it a combination of both?