DocsMachine
Titanium
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2005
- Location
- Southcentral, AK
Just picked up (but have not yet received) a Trak VMC that takes BT30. This will be the first time I've dealt with... well, anything but R8, really.
The machine comes with no tooling, so I wanted to get a few starter holders on the way. I know I'll eventually need a small fleet of them, but for now, budget constraints keep me from going whole hog.
Budget aside, I'm not about to buy whatever's on special on eBay or something, so I plan to pick up a few from Maritool.
The questions:
Do you have a vendor you'd prefer other than Maritool? I'm not going to go for (yet, if ever) things like heat-shrink holders, I figured I'd stick with a few sizes of ER. The machine only has a 6K spindle.
What sort of 'starter' selection would you suggest? Again, budget constraints- the machine only has an eight-tool changer, and at Maritool prices including pull studs, that's over a grand. I can swing that for the moment, but not much more.
I'm thinking- again, just a starter- of two each ER 16, 20, 25 and 32. I could probably get away with just a six pack of ER-20. It's not a big machine nor are my parts, the 32 may be overkill for the moment.
Doc.
The machine comes with no tooling, so I wanted to get a few starter holders on the way. I know I'll eventually need a small fleet of them, but for now, budget constraints keep me from going whole hog.
Budget aside, I'm not about to buy whatever's on special on eBay or something, so I plan to pick up a few from Maritool.
The questions:
Do you have a vendor you'd prefer other than Maritool? I'm not going to go for (yet, if ever) things like heat-shrink holders, I figured I'd stick with a few sizes of ER. The machine only has a 6K spindle.
What sort of 'starter' selection would you suggest? Again, budget constraints- the machine only has an eight-tool changer, and at Maritool prices including pull studs, that's over a grand. I can swing that for the moment, but not much more.
I'm thinking- again, just a starter- of two each ER 16, 20, 25 and 32. I could probably get away with just a six pack of ER-20. It's not a big machine nor are my parts, the 32 may be overkill for the moment.
Doc.