Banggood - 7 Piece Tool Holders With Inserts- Review

A quick evaluation of the Banggood set of seven tool holders with inserts - for well under $50 ($44.99), excellent value. These are on a 1/2" shank and overall perform very well, although some inserts might benefit from a slight tip radius increase to improve finish.

[pierresgarage]

Hi Chris,
This set is a great value, those inserts are more meant for aluminum, and will still operate in steel as long as you keep it for lighter removal, and since it's easy to get some inserts more adapted for steel at about $10 for a box of 10, then, you purchase what you need to get satisfaction on the type of work you usually do.<
Remember that carbide needs speed in order to perform at it's best like 400 to 600 fps. and under 1" you're gonna find much harder to get super great finishes.
I've used some of those inexpensive inserts for AL and the ones for steel and I'm pretty happy with the results myself even now I'm not doing any more professional or production work.
This was a great demo useful to small shop owners.
Cheers, Pierre

[EddieTheGrouch]

Nice set and I think I'll order one! I'll caution you that those turning inserts are polished with a high rake and intended mostly for alyoomineeeum and plastic. The edges are pretty sharp and fragile so they will die quickly in steel. OK for a skim cut but can't dissipate heat so I'd advise keeping under 5 thou in steel. You can get CCMT and DCMT inserts in that size for steel and they will have the larger tip radius you want. The parting and threading inserts are more general purpose so you're good there. The boring bars are angled down to get the point of the insert on centerline and provide clearance - same with the treading bar. All insert boring bars I have are like that. The turning holders have 0 (zero) rake and you'll want to stick with single sided inserts for them (CCMT as opposed to CNMT). Polished as they are the small size doesn't move heat well even with aluminum and you will get fusion welds on the tip so flood them for high speed or go slow with a lube brush. Just some stuff I learned the hard way, Chris.
Take care.

[abcdefg]

I was most impressed with the narrow parting tool, with such shiny swarf coming off that is a very good cutter, especially as the steel you are cutting is not lead bearing, the screwcutting tips, well, I think one good thing about these is that when the tip breaks, (as it always seems to), you can index in another edge and keep going where you left off, without having to re position the cutter, I find these need a very generous run out groove to even hope not to chip the cutter, your excellent hand cranking system is the way to go! Chris B.

[shaunwhiteley]

Thanks, really appreciate the time you give to make these videos and reviews! Cheers

[RRINTHESHOP]

Nice test of all the tools. I use a similar small set by Shars on my Logan. The work great.

[douglasthompson]

Hello Chris, Always good to see viable tooling for those of us with shallow pockets. I have been buying direct from China on Ebay lately. Some are really good some not so much. But I do a lot of stainless shafting which can be very hard so I give them quite a workout (they are designed to cut metal after all). I can say that for the money one can afford to experiment. Take care. Doug

[GarryFullerSr]

Good little Video Chris. I'll have to check and see if they have 5/8 or 3/4 holders. That's what I use on my LeBlond. It's a CXA tool post. Take it easy till you get better

[machiningbasics]

Great review ! I think I will be ordering a set . Sorry to hear about your bad back but your still doing a brilliant job ! Keep up the great work ! Hope the back pain buggers off. Great video ! :)

[AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Great review. You are quickly becoming Chris the tool man.

[Xynudu]

Good review Chris. I agree that the inside/boring inserts need rounding, or the feed rate reduced quite a bit (given the small radius tip being used).

That mystery metal looks/cut like mild steel.

Certainly excellent value tooling. Not worth trying to make any at that price.

Keep the camera rolling.

Cheers Rob

[iansmith]

Hi Chris Ian from Bridlington UK hear I have now seen all of your vids and would just like to say they are all brilliant I too have trouble with my back so I know what you are going thought but please keep the vids coming and all the best Ian

[anthonycash]

Chris I just received my set of Bang good tools and noticed the boring bar was angled downward also. I know this video was made a while back. Did you determine the flats was correct on the boring bar or was the angle correct. The downward angle looks to much to me ? At this point I'm not sure whether to use it or contact them about it. Any help with what you figured out would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[rinklestiltskin]

Hello Chris, greetings from wildest Bedfordshire, another wrinkly old-school machinist here. After watching your video I got a grooving tool with ten inserts from Banggood. I was amazed to see the inserts were a well known brand of very good quality items, of the brand we normally buy. I looked them up from our usual supplier and ten of them would cost six times what the tool holder and ten inserts cost from Banggood. I don't want to publicise the make or someone will stop Banggood selling them. It would be interesting to find out if they supply other inserts of this make, so I have submitted a question.
Best Wishes, Alan

[PeterWMeek]

Before you put extra radius on those inserts, remember that for proper chip breaking you need to engage the entire radius and then a bit extra. (bigger radii require deeper cuts). If your machine can't manage enough power or rigidity for those heavy cuts, you don't want excessively large radii on the inserts. I suspect that this is the reason the supplied inserts have such small radii - a 1/2" shank sort of implies a smaller lathe (AXA size tool post). This is not to say that *smoothing* the radius with a diamond hone wouldn't improve the cut; just be careful not to increase the size of the radius by too much.

[jonathoncary]

Interesting Chris.I ve just ordered the internal threading tool .Thank you.

[davidjames]

Thank you very interesting, I have bought quite a bit of gear from Bangood and have been happy with most of it.

[CompEdgeX]

I'm with Pierre. Those inserts look polished... probably ideal for aluminum turning.
Great starter set for most home shop guys for the money though. :-)

[nowayjerk]

hope your back gives ya a break would a stool help ? thanks for sharing

[Daledavispratt]

Thanks Chris. I believe I'm going to order that set. Take it easy on that back! :-) It's nearly "Maytag" weather!

[johnkinnane]

G'day Chris not bad value for money, thanks for the test it was interesting but I would suspect that they would be dearer down here. Talk to you soon hope your health improves I only know full well what it's like being unwell, I have suffered Rheumatoid Arthritis for years kind regards John