OSCARBIDE 3/8"Shank 7 Pieces/Set Nickel Plated Indexable Lathe Turning Tool Holder,CNC Heavy-Duty Metal Lathe Tools for Turning Grooving Threading with Tin Coated Carbide Inserts

Use these on my Mini lathe, I have turned aluminum, steel and hardened steel (rifle barrels for example). They work well. The Threading one works perfectly as well.Only issue, for a mini lathe, the cut off is too much for it on steel. There isn't enough rigidity or power to effectively use it on harder material. If you lock the gibs, and go super carefully you may get lucky and it will work, but most likely you'll stall out the machine or jam it up. You'll want a HSS blade since it will take less HP to cut. It should work fine on Soft metals though.

Good quality, useful selection of angled holders. These worked well on my lathe on steel, chrome moly steel, and aluminum. Hard to beat for the cost.

I did a small amount of lathe work with a couple of the tools and was very happy with them. I am also using yje left hand tool in my R8 Fly Cutter in my mill. works very well for that purpose also.

The tools perform pretty well, no complaints for the cost. But all the extra info on the page description about replacement part numbers, ideal feeds and speeds, now that was super handy. Thanks, would buy again.

I was Sceptical about purchasing this set of tooling as I try to get the most Bang for the Dollar! This is a good investment especially for the Home Machinist. If you have a Mini-Lathe you already understand their Limitations machining harder materials. This will give you a new level of ability and the Inserts are easy to find and will do the Job!!!