trochoidalpath
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2016
Looking forward to getting a S500X1, and I thought I’d solicit some opinions on my initial tooling plan. Prototype and light production in aluminum and stainless — end mills tend to stay set up.
ER collet chucks:
- 2 ea ER11 slim nose (60mm, 16mm nose)
- 4 ea ER16 short (63mm)
- 2 ea ER16 medium (100mm)
- 4 ea ER32 short (63mm)
SK collet chucks:
- 2 ea SK10 (45mm)
- 2 ea SK16 (60mm)
1 Face mill arbor (45mm)
2 ea Schunk Tendo-E (51mm) in 3/8, 1/2
1 Nikken 3/4” milling chuck (63mm)
My thought is to use the milling chuck for heavy roughing, hydraulics for finishing, SK for end mills, and ER for drills, taps, and everything else.
I’m a little worried about using side locks, since I would have to stock Weldon flat end mills — right now everything is cylindrical shank which keeps tool management a little simpler.
The milling chuck is quite expensive so maybe I could live without it?
I could get NT hydraulic chucks instead of Schunk; 5mm less gage length but a much wider nose. Also much more expensive.
Or I could suck it up, buy an induction heater, and move everything other than ER collets to shrink fit?
Any thoughts and advice welcome, thanks!
ER collet chucks:
- 2 ea ER11 slim nose (60mm, 16mm nose)
- 4 ea ER16 short (63mm)
- 2 ea ER16 medium (100mm)
- 4 ea ER32 short (63mm)
SK collet chucks:
- 2 ea SK10 (45mm)
- 2 ea SK16 (60mm)
1 Face mill arbor (45mm)
2 ea Schunk Tendo-E (51mm) in 3/8, 1/2
1 Nikken 3/4” milling chuck (63mm)
My thought is to use the milling chuck for heavy roughing, hydraulics for finishing, SK for end mills, and ER for drills, taps, and everything else.
I’m a little worried about using side locks, since I would have to stock Weldon flat end mills — right now everything is cylindrical shank which keeps tool management a little simpler.
The milling chuck is quite expensive so maybe I could live without it?
I could get NT hydraulic chucks instead of Schunk; 5mm less gage length but a much wider nose. Also much more expensive.
Or I could suck it up, buy an induction heater, and move everything other than ER collets to shrink fit?
Any thoughts and advice welcome, thanks!