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| Twinsquirrel:
Great, thanks Darren/Stew, will "finesse" that later. This milling business is REALLY new for me, if there is anything I should be checking/doing along the way, please feel free to chime in..... I'm a bit lost. David |
| sbwhart:
Hi David One thing you will realy need is a propper collet set to hold your cutters, a drill chuck just won't cut the mustard, and a good robust milling vice, more expence I'm afraid :( but you will realy strugle without them. Have fun Stew |
| Twinsquirrel:
Thanks Stew, Yep, I will be getting well tooled up at Harrogate, one of the good things about buying this machine is that I had already budgeted for a new machine, so buying second hand has more than doubled the amount of money available for lots of lovely accessories :) Any recomendations for a decent vice, collet set and rotary table? |
| sbwhart:
--- Quote from: Twinsquirrel on March 25, 2009, 08:45:22 AM --- Any recomendations for a decent vice, collet set and rotary table? --- End quote --- Hi Dave I've been lucky as regards to a vice I got given one by a friend who'd made it when he was an apprentice, he used it for grinding tools and gauges up so its spot on for squareness, the only thing I would advice is stear clear of vices described as drill mill vices they won't be up to the job you need something that good and robust, I use a Clarkson type collet set I got from RDG http://www.rdgtools.co.uk/ but a know a lot of the chaps swear by the ER system I think Johm pointed somone to Arc Euro http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/ trade for a good set. My mill is symilar in size to yours perhaps slightly bigger my RT is a Vertex 5" model I got it from RDG its best to go for the biggest size that will fit your mill/pocket. I've got things from Chornos in the passed but I'm a bit P****d with them at the moment delivery is very bad I've been waiting over two months for one bit of kit I'm giving them a couple of more weeks when then said they would get a delivery and if it doesn't turn up I'm going to cancel. Cheers Stew |
| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: Twinsquirrel on March 25, 2009, 08:45:22 AM ---Any recomendations for a decent vice, collet set and rotary table? --- End quote --- David, I`m very pleased with this ER 32 set from Arc..... http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=787.msg5310#msg5310 I`ve since added extra collets, to cover from 2 - 20mm. David. |
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