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Harold Hall's precision grinding table
DaveH:
Chuck,
Have a look at this - might help a little with the milling.
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=4678.msg51465#msg51465
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DaveH
Chuck in E. TN:
Thanks, Dave, I truely needed that. One of the casualties was a double end mill cutter I inhereted from my late father. Sad loss. It had done many parts when all of a sudden it started spitting out very hot blue chips and I had not changed anything I was doing that I could tell.
I did have a few situations where the vise was not tight enough, and the part was sucked up in the vise and the depth of cut started getting deeper. But, when I started this project, I though I had enough experience with my equipment to know when something was not right. Wake up call!
Can you recommend a set of mill cutters for general purpose projects like we do, including slots, cleaning out for dovetails, etc.? Should I be getting carbide for roughing and HHS for finishing? Should I be using endmills for squaring/cleaning up stock or should I get a face mill?
I have copied your referred post to Word and saved it. I will now sit in the corner and study it...
Thanks again, Dave.
Chuck in E. TN
DaveH:
Chuck,
Here's a bit on carbide mill cutters - some useful info.
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=4861.0
--- Quote from: Chuck in E. TN on July 18, 2011, 07:08:39 PM ---Can you recommend a set of mill cutters for general purpose projects like we do, including slots, cleaning out for dovetails, etc.? Should I be getting carbide for roughing and HHS for finishing? Should I be using endmills for squaring/cleaning up stock or should I get a face mill?
Chuck in E. TN
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The above is a really good question, comments and answers could really benifit others.
Would you mind posting your question - say in TOOLS.
This way it should generate a good discussion. It is not that I don't want to answer I will, I just think it is such a good question it deserves a post on it's own.
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DaveH
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