Turret lathe tooling and fake carbide

[Peter Sanders]

I was Project Manager on a high profile multi-million dollar construction project. What are your chops there chump? I love how people worship and get defensive about objects and companies that they like. Absolutely juvenile.

Edit: You know what? I wasn't going to write anything else but the spoiled children have pissed me off. Sandvik nearly killed multiple people on my jobsite on two different occasions, then lied about it and falsified documents after the fact. But you keep right on insulting people on internet forums because you have used a company's product in the past. Forget you.

What's your problem???

As a qualified fitter and machinist for 52 years, I have used Sandvik Coromant carbide tooling and used it under very heavy loads. Their product is good.

I too worked for Sandvik. As a very capable technical writer with an engineering background I developed documentation for Sandvik iron ore handling machinery (stackers etc.). I could see from their drawings that the equipment design was inadequate and yes, I agree their engineering design and manufacturing process were a shambles. I raised this poor quality with one of the "designers" and was told "Sandvik use just enough material to do the job". Of course "just enough" is NOT good enough, I realise that just as others do.

One thing that must be made clear. The original poster was discussing carbide tips. These are manufactured by Sandvik Coromant, a totally different part of the Sandvik "banner". The original "garbage" response was not really warranted as the "garbage" references were to Sandvik "engineering" side and have nothing to do with Sandvik Coromant tooling.

It seems to me that you have not been involved with Sandvik Coromant and not using products made by Sandvik Coromant. I can empathise with the circumstances you describe and understand your resentment, but THIS original post was not/is not the place to express your aggravation.

Additional comments about Sandvik construction/engineering are unnecessary. I do not "worship" or "defend" Sandvik products, my original comment was to advise that genuine Sandvik Coromant carbide products are excellent. If users can pay the extra cost over cheaper carbide tooling, they receive a premium product. My original comment was relevant to the OP's post.

Best wishes...