11-07-2012, 06:34 AM
(11-07-2012, 06:14 AM)Mayhem Wrote: I found a face mill similar to the one Jack posted a picture of. Only the six individually adjustable brazed carbide cutters were slotted and had a single CHS to hold them. I cannot imagine how much fun setting them all to the same hight. Perhaps I'll wait until this thread drops off the first page and then stick it in the for sale section.
One thing that struck me early on was that if you choose an insert wisely and then buy the tool holders to use that insert in different applications, you are going to be much better off in the long run. Fortunately, I found a 16mm SCLCR boring bar that takes CCMT/CCGT 9T30x inserts. So I picked up additional boring bars and a turning turning/facing holder to take those inserts. Given the shoulder mill I got from Ken takes ADMT/ADGT10T3xx inserts, any end mills I decide to buy down the track will also be chosen to use those inserts.
Not bad considering everything I had read until meeting Ken on another site told me to ignore insert tooling because my machine was too slow, not powerful enough and the tooling and inserts were too expensive, etc, etc. In fact, had I not found that boring bar, I probably wouldn't have even looked into carbide insert tooling.
Good grief Darren. You're starting to talk like Ken now, and that's a good thing.
Ed