Bench Lathe Tooling Package, Basics – Default Title

This package contains all the tooling you need to be productive with your lathe on the first day you own it. It works with the LittleMachineShop.com HiTorque 8.5x or 9x bench lathes as well as other bench lathes.

The 1/2″ capacity drill chuck is mounted on a standard 2 Morse taper shank. The rated capacity of the drill chuck is 1 mm (0.039″) to 13 mm (0.512″).

This set of indexable turning tools includes 5 indexable tools (AR, AL, BR, BL, E), inserts, a wrench, and extra screws. It comes in a wooden case. The carbide inserts are TCMT-21.51.

• Style AR right hand tool
• Style BR right hand tool with a 15 lead angle
• Style E Neutral threading tool with 60 included angle
• Style BL left hand tool with a 15 lead angle
• Style AL left hand tool

The carbide tipped 9-piece boring bar set includes three different length boring bars each for minimum bores of 5/16″, 3/8″, and 7/16″. The bore depth ranges from 3/4″ to 2-1/4″. The heat treated, alloy steel shanks are held to 0.000 to -0.0005″ from the nominal diameter.

The P1 parting blade is 5/64″ x 1/2″ x 4-1/2″ and made from M2 HSS. These T-shape parting blades provide great side clearance.

This package includes 5 different sizes of combined drills and countersinks, commonly called center drills. The center drill set is high speed steel and includes sizes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. These are 60-degree center drills. These are the sizes that are most used by bench top machinists.