Bridgeport Slotting Head Tooling.

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Originally Posted by Malc-Y

I have just seen set of 10 slotter tools for sale on ebay (USA) for $625!! This is the 'buy it now' price for a new set. They seem to be rarer than hen's teeth over here though. I have been thinking of grinding some from 5/8" tool steel as and when required but thought I'd try an ad on here on the off-chance that someone may have some.
I bought the slotting head for less than £300 on ebay. It looks as though it has never been used. The small engineering business that I bought it from said they had never used it because they didn't have any tooling for it!

Malc.

Rather expensive for tools I think.
Rather than make the whole tool from tool steel,(which works fine but will be brittle if of any length). I would recomend making tool holders out of EN24T that fit the slotter, but in which you can fit a small piece of HSS to do the actual cutting. I think you will find this works very well and can be made on a diy basis.