Anytime Tools 5 Piece 1/4" Mini Lathe Indexable Carbide Insert Tool Bit Set

With replacable cutting blades these are easy to obtain and use. You have to be an expert to grind your own!

I have not had a chance to use the tools on my Unimat as yet, but they look as good as any of the stuff where I work.The little wooden box is the usual thing you find when buying import tools and measuring devices. The latch on this one seems a little better than I have seen.All five inserts are the same so if you find yourself in short supply you can rob one from another tool and continue working.Thank you Anytime Tools!

I have an old craftsman 109 I just bought and these lathe bits are helping me learn about my lathe, its limits and a tools limits. AWESOME bits, clean cutting.. Trimmed aluminum and nylon just fine for a bench top lathes capabilities-well matched I think. Thank you!

I only wish there were inserts available instead of having to order the entire kit every time I need inserts. They work and are the same as the harbor freight tools but twice the price. I just order these because I don't feel like leaving the house.

Very very poor product. The screws holding the carbide to the tool break off almost instantly. One was broke off before I put it in the lathe. Also you can't get them out to install another one. I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. Dose not even deserve one star.

First time using these and they performed admirably. I machined some small brass pins for a knife and they cut clean without chattering at all.

I have just got around to using these carbide cutters on my minilathe. I am impressed with finish that I have gotten with them on steel. These cutter have given me the best finish of any of the cutters that I have used.

I've been using these for a couple years now. They are solid carbide bits in terms of function - if you have a microlathe they're decent and will cut through steel, stainless steel, bronze, brass, copper, whatever you put there, with relative ease. They are on the cheaper side, and a little fragile, so you need to use them with care. If your workpiece catches you will probably chip the bit, after which performance will be significantly degraded, and I've had no luck resharpening them even with a diamond file, I just had to rotate the insert and use that instead.Speaking of which, as other reviewers have noted, these inserts are very difficult to remove - the screws are tight and strip out easily, you have to be very careful. I stripped one, so after I wore down the carbide bit, I couldn't rotate it to use a fresh side. The others proved similarly difficult to manage. After some experimentation, I found a method that works. What I did was soak the head of the bit in acetone for a minute or so, take it out, dry it off completely, heat it up with a small torch to get it good and hot (not glowing, just hot), then put a few drops of 3-in-one oil on there. Let it soak in, dried up the screw head, and then the other four came out with a proper torx head and a little elbow grease.In general, decent bits for the money, but you get what you pay for. Not much more to it than that.