zimbo
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2017
- Location
- Richmond, VA
Good morning..
I apologize in advance as I have not searching thoroughly past posts, if this topic has been discussed previously at length as have very limited bandwidth where I am at. More than likely wont check back for several days.
Have not done much milling on my 2Hp Bridgport and still getting the feel of it. The little I have done have chipped a couple of HSS end mills and turned out decent work pieces but am running low on the few end mills that came with the BP.
Time to purchase more cutters. Will price South Africa but more than likely buy in USA as my wife is currently visiting for Thanksgiving. So far have been machining cast iron, mild steel and EN8 Steel. Have a few SS jobs in the pipeline.
I have metric R8 collets but no R8 weldon endmill holders, so will be buying these. An ER collet system I will purchase at a later date when I use the mill more frequently not sure on the size. Majority of my drills and endmills I have are metric.
Q1- What would be the ideal size and flute end mill to buy for this machine for the above materials I am planning to mill? Do i go shotgun approach and get like 10 of each from 4mm- 20mm? I know it depends on what the job is, but that is the unknown. Never know whats gonna break and needs repair or make a new part.
Q2- What are the most common sizes you guys normally use?
Q3- Carbide vs HSS? A fellow PM was selling some 9/16 carbide mills for $7 ea which sounds fantastic from here esp when I purchased a dormer 6mm carbide end mill for some bennex plate for $136 USD!!
Q4- Do i get some insert mills? 1/2", 3/4"?
Q5- If fellow PMs dont have any for sale how to detect which ones to purchase on ebay or Amazon?
Q6- Was going to buy a bunch of inserts for the lathe tools but see prices on ebay all over. If sticking with brand names are they fake, who are decent sellers to purchase from and how much should I pay for say CNMG, TNMG & WMNG etc? (16mm and 20mm tool holders)
Basically just wanting a good supply of the most common mills I need.
There is a company in SA selling resharpened HSS end mills but last I checked their prices where close to new price, so stayed away.
Last lot of carbide inserts I bought a few years back from SA were Korloy and they hold up well.
Thanks in advance and appreciate the valuable input.
Cheers, Greg
I apologize in advance as I have not searching thoroughly past posts, if this topic has been discussed previously at length as have very limited bandwidth where I am at. More than likely wont check back for several days.
Have not done much milling on my 2Hp Bridgport and still getting the feel of it. The little I have done have chipped a couple of HSS end mills and turned out decent work pieces but am running low on the few end mills that came with the BP.
Time to purchase more cutters. Will price South Africa but more than likely buy in USA as my wife is currently visiting for Thanksgiving. So far have been machining cast iron, mild steel and EN8 Steel. Have a few SS jobs in the pipeline.
I have metric R8 collets but no R8 weldon endmill holders, so will be buying these. An ER collet system I will purchase at a later date when I use the mill more frequently not sure on the size. Majority of my drills and endmills I have are metric.
Q1- What would be the ideal size and flute end mill to buy for this machine for the above materials I am planning to mill? Do i go shotgun approach and get like 10 of each from 4mm- 20mm? I know it depends on what the job is, but that is the unknown. Never know whats gonna break and needs repair or make a new part.
Q2- What are the most common sizes you guys normally use?
Q3- Carbide vs HSS? A fellow PM was selling some 9/16 carbide mills for $7 ea which sounds fantastic from here esp when I purchased a dormer 6mm carbide end mill for some bennex plate for $136 USD!!
Q4- Do i get some insert mills? 1/2", 3/4"?
Q5- If fellow PMs dont have any for sale how to detect which ones to purchase on ebay or Amazon?
Q6- Was going to buy a bunch of inserts for the lathe tools but see prices on ebay all over. If sticking with brand names are they fake, who are decent sellers to purchase from and how much should I pay for say CNMG, TNMG & WMNG etc? (16mm and 20mm tool holders)
Basically just wanting a good supply of the most common mills I need.
There is a company in SA selling resharpened HSS end mills but last I checked their prices where close to new price, so stayed away.
Last lot of carbide inserts I bought a few years back from SA were Korloy and they hold up well.
Thanks in advance and appreciate the valuable input.
Cheers, Greg