mitty38382
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- Joined
- Apr 18, 2006
- Location
- Trenton, Tennessee
Was lamenting to Bro. Frank Mari how we need a 6" Face Mill with inserts - the cheap and easy to find kind. He was asking for recommendations as to type.
Being a shop that doesn't run exotic materials, all I need is something simple to face Aluminum taking just a skim cut. Certainly nothing like .75 DOC or anything crazy and I don't need double polished, nuclear certified octagonal double flip inserts - if you know what I mean. Just something simple and inexpensive but good. Maybe a canted square insert or a Triangular insert or something along those lines.
There must be a need besides just me as I'm looking for a 6" diameter spinner, a big honkin cutter fo cheap. Well at least cheap to operate. A lot of the big guys get you by almost giving you the wheel and then bingo - $45 an insert in packs of ten and it always requires some weird number like thirteen cutters or some stupid crap like that.
I think it would be nice to even have an Integrated CAT or BT 40 body for increased strength and rigidity to keep the chatter demons away.
So what would be some good inserts that are common and in enough grades and variety to please the masses? Need Input please and what size Face Mills?
Frank @ Mitty
Being a shop that doesn't run exotic materials, all I need is something simple to face Aluminum taking just a skim cut. Certainly nothing like .75 DOC or anything crazy and I don't need double polished, nuclear certified octagonal double flip inserts - if you know what I mean. Just something simple and inexpensive but good. Maybe a canted square insert or a Triangular insert or something along those lines.
There must be a need besides just me as I'm looking for a 6" diameter spinner, a big honkin cutter fo cheap. Well at least cheap to operate. A lot of the big guys get you by almost giving you the wheel and then bingo - $45 an insert in packs of ten and it always requires some weird number like thirteen cutters or some stupid crap like that.
I think it would be nice to even have an Integrated CAT or BT 40 body for increased strength and rigidity to keep the chatter demons away.
So what would be some good inserts that are common and in enough grades and variety to please the masses? Need Input please and what size Face Mills?
Frank @ Mitty