ARRAND 2 MORSE TAPER ACCESSORIES
ARRAND IS A COMPANY THAT MADE GOOD QUALITY PRESISION TOOLING FOR MODELERS MACHINES. I BELIEVE THAT THE COMPANY IS STILL IN OPERATION BUT DON`T KNOW IF THEY ARE STILL PRODUCING KIT FOR MODELERS. IF YOU CAN FIND ANY SECOND HAND ARRAND TOOLING IT IS WELL WORTH BUYING EVEN IF YOU PAY MORE THAN FOR A CHEAP IMPORT.
ARRAND BORING HEAD
ABOVE IS ARRAND`S SCALED DOWN VERSION OF A COMMERCIAL BORING HEAD FITTED WITH A 2MT SHANK, SUITABLE FOR A VARIETY OF SMALL MACHINES.
ARRAND INSERTED MILLING CUTTER.
ARRAND WERE PROBABLY THE FIRST COMPANY TO OFFER MILLING CUTTERS WITH REPLACEABLE INSERTS TO THE MODELLING FRATERNITY.
TO THE LEFT IS A 40mm DIAMETER CUTTER WITH THREE INSERTS MOUNTED ON A 2MT SHANK THAT I`VE NEVER USED! I RECENTLY BOUGHT A SECOND HAND ONE ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT I ALREADY HAD THIS ONE WHICH I BOUGHT FROM THE ARRAND FACTORY WHEN I VISITED THEM IN LEICESTERSHIRE MANY YEARS AGO. |
ARRAND SLITTING SAW HOLDER
ARRAND 2MT SHANK
I BOUGHT THIS NEW OLD STOCK 2MT THREADED 3/8 WHIT SHANK ON ONE OF MY TRIPS AROUND THE DEALERS. I PUT IN STOCK AS I KNEW THAT I WOULDN`T HAVE TO SEND IT BACK, WHICH I MIGHT IF I HAD BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE FAR EAST ONES. I DON`T BUY NEW DRILLING CHUCKS BUT IF I BUY A GOOD SECOND HAND JACOBS CHUCK AND THE SHANK IS NOT DRILLED FOR A PULL ROD I CAN USE THIS SHANK. THE OLD SHANK MIGHT STRONGLY RESIST REMOVAL, BUT WITH CARE, IT CAN BE DONE
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