PDW
Diamond
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2006
- Location
- Australia (Hobart)
Good job Michael, craigslist and facebook marketplace,(and here obviously) can be all be good sources of obtaining tooling at a bargain. You can get carried away buying things, but in reality, if this is for a home shop, what do you actually need to do basic machining? Buy quality when you can at a rate that you can afford. Jim Here is one suggestion. I bought one myself and it seems like a well made tool. (that company has quite a bit of different tooling and I believe you can buy direct rather than amazon) : https://www.amazon.ca/Accusize-Carb...35ed5&pd_rd_wg=yygN6&pd_rd_i=B00HQMXSM2&psc=1
IME those face mills are crap - they beat the spindle with heavy vibration and the geometry sucks. That's on both a B/port with R8 taper and a 40 taper toolroom mill. I never use mine except maybe for very light skim cuts.
PDW