Forster neck turning tool

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hi guys, looking for help from guys working with this tool...

I noted that the cutting surface of the cutter is not parallel to the pilot....
when I move the carbide cutter to the pilot and touch it, there is an angular space between these two parts....

could somebody using this tool do the same and make and post a picture of this contact area....

thanks a lot in advance
best regards
K
 
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Keck turning is in itself a lost art!! I'm thinking, that it's good that people are returning to the old ways, but at the same time, my brain is saying, "maybe it was never done in the first place".....hmmmm not sure....
 
Neck turning is not done in one cut, straight in. Think of it as turning a work piece on a lathe, you wouldn't make a 3 ft long cutter to turn down a 3 ft long work piece, would you? The cutter on your neck turner is a single point tool bit and you need to feed the work onto the cutter.
Unless you have a tight necked chamber on a custom action and barrel, and you are looking for groups in the .1-.2 range, neck turning is a waste of time and brass.
 
yes I understand this, but again, in this case I can turn only a portion of the neck.....the part that is close to the shoulder will bot be turned.....
 
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Pilgrim...you're OK....all neck turners, to my knowledge, are made that way, you don't want to cut into the transition of neck-to-shoulder...my Hornady and Sinclair are both as you describe....
 
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thanks guys for info
but I`m not able to turn the neck right up to the shoulder....as soon as I approach to the shoulder, I still have a wide area (as wide as the cutter) right before the transition from neck to shoulder.....
Siclair cutters have an apposite angle on the cutter, it cuts right to the transition point, but how about Forster? should I get another cutter to check if it the same?

this is the Sinclair cutter:
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you can notice that this cutter has an angle and touches the neck close the the transition point....

on my Forster the contact point is at the other end of the cutter, this doen`s allow me to cut right to the transition point......
is it correct?
 
Good question. I'm interested in neck turning as well from what it looks like would it be worth just going with the Sinclair with angled cutter, rather then others offered to avoid pilgram's issues?
 
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say your mandrel isn't out far enough, causing the cutter to touch the shoulder.
 
sorry Maynard, but this is not a question......
question is about the fact that cutting surface of the cutter is not parallel to the pilot, and even has an opposite angle that a Sinclair toll(which I think is correct)
 
I just looked at my Forster, and the angle is in the same place as your pic of the Sinclair. I think your cutter is in upside down. Loosen the screw and flip it over.
 
to Redhouse: it`s impossible because there is a slot for adjustment......and you are probably talking about the shoulder 45degr angle....but I`m asking about the angle between cutter and pilot.....
could you please take a picture of your tool and post/send it (cutter very very close to the pilot) ?
thanks
K
 
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pilgrim said:
sorry Maynard, but this is not a question......
question is about the fact that cutting surface of the cutter is not parallel to the pilot, and even has an opposite angle that a Sinclair toll(which I think is correct)
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If the cutting angle was parallel it would rub what you have already cut and cause chatter. You only want it to cut on a single point.
 
as I described earlier, the angle of the cutter is placed such as it doesn`t go right to the case shoulder....at the same time the Sinclair cutter cuts right to the shoulder transition point (see attached picture)....
 
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