powerglider
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2006
- Location
- Mediapolis, Iowa
I'm thinking of trying to do some tube bending using my Haas TM-1P, but I'm nervous about the abuse it might have on the machine.
I'm thinking that if I use a relatively small diameter shank to hold anything I'm putting in the tool holder then it will simply break the shank with no damage elsewhere.
So my question is, what is the largest size shank of a tool anybody here has broken off by mistake and never noticed a difference when you just replaced the tool and revised your tool path?
Say you slam a non spinning 3/4" OD end mill with 3/4" OD shank into one of the vise jaws at a feedrate of 30 would it just bust the end mill in half and put a small dent in the vise material? Or would there be permanent damage to either the spindle/quill or the ballscrews on the x or y axis?
ANything else I'm missing?
I'm thinking that if I use a relatively small diameter shank to hold anything I'm putting in the tool holder then it will simply break the shank with no damage elsewhere.
So my question is, what is the largest size shank of a tool anybody here has broken off by mistake and never noticed a difference when you just replaced the tool and revised your tool path?
Say you slam a non spinning 3/4" OD end mill with 3/4" OD shank into one of the vise jaws at a feedrate of 30 would it just bust the end mill in half and put a small dent in the vise material? Or would there be permanent damage to either the spindle/quill or the ballscrews on the x or y axis?
ANything else I'm missing?