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  • Diamond Drag Tool Wear

    The diamond drag tool now in the MPCNC LM3UU holder has appeared in several holders and suffered considerable misuse along the way:

    Diamond Drag Tool tip - MPCNC
    Diamond Drag Tool tip – MPCNC

    A closer look at the spalled section on the flank:

    Diamond Drag Tool tip - MPCNC - detail
    Diamond Drag Tool tip – MPCNC – detail

    The tool in the (much better) CNC 3018XL LM6UU holder has engraved mostly plastic, plus a few hard drive platters, and seems only slightly rounded:

    Diamond Drag Tool tip - CNC 3018
    Diamond Drag Tool tip – CNC 3018

    An unused tip comes to a neat point:

    Diamond Drag Tool tip - unused A
    Diamond Drag Tool tip – unused A

    As does its companion, arriving in a twofer deal from halfway around the planet:

    Diamond Drag Tool tip - unused B
    Diamond Drag Tool tip – unused B

    They’re brazed on 3 mm OD shanks and ground to a 60° included angle.