Hello all,
Just joined and thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Mike Warner and I've been in the metal working industry for 31 years full time and I still love it. I say full time because that's when I graduated high school, but my dad had me running a Warner & Swasey #3 Turret lathe when I was 12.
I'm running his company now, (or it's running me ;D ) Arthur R Warner Co. We are mainly a production grinding shop, but we do a little bit of everything. The one thing that makes us unique, is that most everything we do is with High Speed Steel or Tool steel. Our products range from finished Inserts , Toolbits, cutoff blades to raw blanks.
If you have any questions on HSS or inserts in general, I'll try my best. I've learned a lot duplicating carbide inserts in HSS. By the way you'd be amazed how many HSS inserts and tool bits are used in manufacturing these days.
Have a nice day,
Mike